Agilent Atomic Absorption Spectrometers | Agilent Technologies, Inc.

General Description
The Agilent AA Atomic Absorption Spectrometers are compact, bench mounted elemental analyzers for use in the laboratory. They are used for the determination of trace to % levels of elements in a wide range of matrix types. Agilent’s AA range is productive, user-friendly and utterly reliable. The instruments deliver the high performance that analysts require, while being equally at home in routine laboratories where reliability and simple operation are vital.

Agilent’s 55 and 240 AA combine flexibility with reliable hardware, providing budget-sensitive users with a high performance AA for routine flame/furnace/vapor analyses.
Agilent’s 240FS/280FS AA are the world’s fastest, and most productive flame AA systems, with Fast Sequential operation doubling sample throughout and dramatically reducing running costs. Able to handle multi-element suites with ease, they are ideal for food and agriculture or any high throughput labs.
Agilent’s 240 and 280 AA Zeeman Graphite Furnace AA (GFAA) systems are productive and precise, providing superior furnace performance and accurate background correction.
Double your productivity with Agilent’s AA Duo, the world’s only AA systems that provide true simultaneous operation of flame and graphite furnace without changeover delays.

Technical Description
Element specific source lamps produce light which is passed through an atomization device and directed through an automated optical system to a selected wide range photomultiplier tube detector, allowing for fast detection of elemental concentrations. Atomization device is selectable – flame, furnace or vapor generation – depending on elemental detection limits required for the analysis. These instruments utilize 2, 4 or 8 source lamps, deuterium (flame, furnace or vapor generation operation) or Zeeman (furnace operation) background correction and include numerous interlocks for safe, reliable operation. Unique Fast Sequential operation can double sample throughput versus convention AA operation. Fully web-integrated SpectrAA software uses Agilent’s worksheet concept for ease of use, rapid operator training, and commonality with other Agilent spectroscopy products.

Evaluation Criteria

THROUGHPUT:

Between 2 and 15 minutes for detection
Multiple samples, multiple tests/sample per run
95-32 samples every 2 hours
The system or device is currently fully automated
Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
2 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
5 or more components
Greater than 20 minutes is required for setup
Almost instantaneous detection

LOGISTICS:

More than a day of training and significant technical skills are required
Approximately the size of a home dishwasher
More than 50 kg
Wired connections are available
System or device has 110V electrical requirement

OPERATIONS:

Can be used from 25°C to 37°C
Components must be stored at room temperature (27°C)
Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
Between 1 to 3 years shelf life
Greater than 10 years expected life
Results can be viewed in real-time
The system could be adapted to a fully autonomous system with some effort
The system software is closed and not available for modification
The system hardware is closed and not available for modification

DETECTION:

Possible the system could receive 510K clearance, no current efforts at this time
Possible the system could receive FDA approval, no current efforts at this time
Less than 250 µL
Excellent specificity. System has occasional false alarms under certain conditions (<2%)

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