Ceramic Tube Set

Using an all ceramic tube set on your ICP torch produces a hotter, more robust plasma, which reduces matrix effects and improves detection limits. Compared to a quartz tube set, the ceramic tube set has a much longer lifetime, greatly reducing maintenance, cleaning and downtime due to torch failure. In some sample matrices, quartz tube sets can degrade in hours while the ceramic tube will last years under the same conditions. The Ceramic tube set is available on request.

The Ceramic Tube Set is ideal for:

• Analyses at the detection limit as the hotter plasma increases sensitivity.
• Monitoring of wear metals in engine oils, as quartz tubes often suffer cracking and shortened lifetimes due to thermal shock.
• Analysis of fusion samples where the lithium salts rapidly attack quartz.
• Measuring high TDS samples that will quickly devitrify the quartz tube.