Die einfache Art der Kohlenstoff- und Schwefelanalyse

Die einfache Art der Kohlenstoff- und Schwefelanalyse

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Dr. Markus Jung

Product Manager Inorganic Elemental Analysis

Webinar

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Agenda Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH 1

CS Analysis 2

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The elementargroup – About us

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• The technology leader in

• Elemental Analysis (EA)

• Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS)

• Offers an unmatched combination of

• innovative technologies,

• tailor-made solutions and

• comprehensive support.

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The elementargroup – the subsidiaries

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Elementar Americas

Elementar Headquarters

Elementar France

Isoprime Ltd.

Elementar Italia

Elementar Trading (Shanghai)

Elementar Australia

Elementar Japan K.K.

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Agriculture Chemicals Environmental Energy Materials Forensics

The elementargroup – Key Markets

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The elementargroup – Future-Proof Investment

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• Outstanding robustness and longevity

• Spare parts for a minimum of 10 years

• Results in outstanding low total cost of ownership

and gives confidence in return of investment

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The elementargroup – Understanding Customers

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• We provide highly competent application support

• This results in innovative, proprietary features

that address the needs of customers

• To deliver results faster, more accurate, more

sensitive, and in reliable high data quality

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• 100% engineered in Hanau / Germany

• 100% produced in Hanau / Germany

• 100% sales supported at various locations

• 100% service supported at various locations

• 100% application supported at various locations

• 100% consumables and spare parts provided at

various locations

• 100% dedicated to elemental and isotope analysis

Key Benefits for Every Customer

The elementargroup – Elementar History


was founded

1851

Dennstedt patent "über die vereinfachte Elementaranalytik" was the basis for the

1st instrument generation

1904

The first elemental analyzer for simultaneous detection of carbon, hydrogen

and nitrogen was invented.

1932

The first Dumas Nitrogen/Protein analyzer was introduced

1964

The high temperature CS analyzer was introduced

1985

The high temperature TOC analyzer was introduced

1973

The first fully automatic elemental analyzer with TCD detection was introduced

1980

The EA business of Heraeus was sold in a management buyout and restructured

under the brand name Elementar.

1995



Introduction of the "cube" platform vario MICRO cube, vario EL cube, vario MACRO cube, rapid N cube

2006

vario TOC cube

2008

rapid CS cube, vario ISOTOPE cube, vario PYRO cube

2009

rapid N exceed, rapid OXY cube

2014

trace SN cube

2010

vario MAX cube, iso TOC cube

2012

Isoprime Ltd was acquired



Introduction of the inductar series inductar CS cube, inductar ONH cube,

inductar EL cube

2015

rapid MAX N exceed, rapid MICRO N cube

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Tailor-Made to Customer Needs

• Elemental analyzer optimized for different analytical tasks

• vario Series - Industry-leading versatility in elemental analysis

• rapid Series - Dedicated instruments serving today’s customer needs

• trace Series - Trace-level detection of elements

• TOC Series - Fast and easy determination of total organic carbon

• inductar Series – Dedicated instruments for the analysis of metals and inorganics

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CS Analysis 2

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Inorganic Materials

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Metals

Carbides

Minerals

Cements

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Carbon and Sulfur in Inorganic Materials

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Carbon

• Pure element

• Atomic C impurities

• Inclusions

• Compounds

• Carbides: SiC, WC, TiC, …

• Carbonates: CaCO3, CuCO3, FeCO3, …

Sulfur

• Pure element

• Atomic S impurities

• Inclusions

• Compounds

• Sulfides: CaS, MnS, CuS, Cu2S, FeS, …

• Sulfates: Cu2SO4, CuSO4, FeSO4, …

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Combustion Method: Principle

• Combustion of solid samples within a ceramic

crucible in pure oxygen gas

• Entrapped total carbon and sulfur atoms leave

the sample and form gaseous compounds by

chemical reactions with oxygen

• CO2 and SO2 gas concentrations are analyzed via

infrared method

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Combustion Method: Work Flow


Preheat crucibles

Burn ceramic crucibles at 1300 K for 2 h to remove all C impurities

Prepare sample

Make drillings, chips, etc., clean them with acetone and dry them

Weigh sample

Weigh clean and dry sample (1 g) into crucible and transfer weight to software

Add accelerator

Fill one scoop of accelerator (e.g. 1,5 g of W/Sn) into preheated ceramic crucibles

Analysis

Place the filled crucible into the autosampler and start the measurement

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COMBUSTION

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Combustion Method: Advantages

• Representative results

• Fast analysis

• High accuracy

• Low limit of detection

Ideal method for certification and quality control of all materials




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4 Key Benefits

Easy CS Analysis:

• Automated & robust autosampler

• Minimized dust and debris

• Quick & easy maintenance

• Comprehensive & intuitive software

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4 Key Benefits: the autosampler

• Automated & robust autosampler


4 Key Benefits: the combustion

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Innovative construction design enables

extremely high temperatures for ONH analysis

Induction furnace for both CS analysis and

ONH analysis as well

This enables a modular system and therewith

the analysis of all five elements by one analyzer

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4 Key Benefits: the combustion

• Minimized dust and debris by

• Innovative tall crucibles

• Top-down O2 gas flow


4 Key Benefits: the maintenance

• Quick and easy maintenance

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Combustion tube Dust filter

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4 Key Benefits: the software

• Comprehensive and intuitive software

• Layout freely configurable

• Data freely editable and exportable

• Single/multi-point calibration, calibration-assistent, storable and editable, templates

• Method: gas flow and furnace power freely adjustable

• Mass transfer from balance to software

• Data export: graph intuitively editable, various export formats

• Statistics

• LIMS

• Monitoring of analyzer parameters

• Maintenance intervalls

• Various user-levels


4 Key Benefits: the software

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inductar CS cube – Take Home Message

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• Innovative solutions guarantee highly accurate

determination of Carbon and Sulfur in inorganic materials

• Intelligent construction ideas minimize dust and debris

and allow a compact design

• Solid-state technology allows compact design and

virtually unlimited lifetime of the induction furnace

• Fully automated autoloader with up to 89 sample

positions ensures secure and reliable 24/7 operation

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