Glass Expansion Spray Chambers by Type

HydraMist- Simultaneous Cold Vapor/Pneumatic Nebulization Spray Chamber


Simple Mode Sensitive Mode Pneumatic Nebulization

The Glass Expansion HydraMist is a sensitive, simple-to-use spray chamber for Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) that allows simultaneous operation of both conventional pneumatic nebulization and cold-vapor/hydride generation. Cold vapor generation can provide more than 10-fold improvement in sensitivity on ICP for cold vapor forming elements such As, Sb, Se, Tl and Hg. The generation of volatile species of these elements results in increased analyte loading of the analytical plasma giving lower detection limits.

The design of the HydraMist spray chamber is based upon Glass Expansion's industry-standard cyclonic spray chamber, giving excellent sensitivity and short-term analytical precision with fast washout. The HydraMist spray chamber features a secondary inlet port that mixes the aerosolized sample and liquid reductant inside the spray chamber for rapid conversion of the As, Sb, Se, Tl and Hg analytes into volatile hydride species. The unique drain design ensures fast, complete removal of waste from the spray chamber, eliminating excess hydrogen build-up that causes sample reflux degrading analytical precision.

The HydraMist spray chamber features:

Simple to setup with fast changeover, the HydraMist Spray chamber can be operated in one of 3 different modes. The simple mode provides (figure 1.) simultaneous hydride and pneumatic nebulization mode with 5 fold improvements for detection limits of the hydride forming elements while maintaining analytical performance for non-hydride elements. With the addition of an extra sample input and t-piece (figure 2.) the HyrdraMist provides a sensitive, simultaneous cold vapor and pneumatic nebulization mode with more than 10 fold improvements in detection limits for the cold vapor elements without compromising the performance of non-hydride forming elements. Finally, it can be used as a conventional cyclonic spray chamber with pneumatic nebulization.


Elements λ Pneumatic Nebulization µg/L Sensitive simultaneous hydride/pneumatic nebulization mode µg/L Simple simultaneous hydride/pneumatic nebulization mode µg/L
As 188 3.7 0.2 0.5
Hg 194 1.2 0.07 0.1
Sb 206 3.6 0.2 0.4
Se 196 2.9 0.2 0.5
Cd 214 0.1 0.1 0.1
Co 238 0.4 0.5 0.7
Cr 267 0.5 0.3 0.3
Cu 327 0.5 0.6 0.6
Fe 238 0.4 0.3 0.4
Mn 257 0.05 0.04 0.03
Mo 202 0.5 0.7 0.7
Ni 231 0.7 1.0 1.0
Pb 220 1.9 2.3 2.6
Tl 190 2.1 0.2 0.2
Zn 213 0.2 0.2 0.2
Table 1. Measured 3σ detection limits (in µg/L) with an Agilent Technologies ® 5100 SVDV in axial mode at 1.4 kW RF power and 20 second integration time
Figure 1. Sensitive simultaneous cold vapor/pneumatic nebulization mode
Figure 2. Simple simultaneous cold vapor/pneumatic nebulization mode

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Part Number Instrument Compatibility
KT-1157 Agilent ® 5100/5110, 5800/5900
KT-1168 Agilent ® 7700/7800/7900/8900
KT-1157 Analytik Jena ® PQ 9000
KT-1157 PerkinElmer ® Avio 200/500
KT-2742 PerkinElmer ® Avio with HTS System
KT-1162 PerkinElmer ® Optima 4000/5000/7000 DV
KT-1162 PerkinElmer ® Optima 8000/8300 DV
KT-1157 Shimadzu ® 7000, 8000, 9000, 9800 Series
KT-1160 Spectro™ Arcos II SOP/EOP and Blue EOP/SOP
KT-1160 Thermo ® PRO Duo & Radial
KT-1179 Thermo ® Duo 6000/7200/7400
KT-1156 Thermo ® Duo 7600

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