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\"askWe recently published an article called:\u00a0How Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) Is Used in Coal Ash Analysis<\/a>. <\/em>After tweeting out the article we received a direct message that asked: Why\u00a0ICP-OES instead of ICP-MS? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s the answer:<\/p>\n

Inductively coupled plasma\/optical emission spectrometry (ICP\/OES)<\/a>\u00a0could be used, but due to the nature of the high acid extracts required, then additional, significant dilutions will be required. \u00a0This would ultimately increase the sample preparation time\/resources and increase error caused during measurement. Also,\u00a0ICP\/OES\u00a0has lower accosted cost (less upfront and lower running costs). Thus,\u00a0ICP\/OES\u00a0is preferred due to the high concentrations in the sample, high matrix nature of the sample digests and lower setup and running costs. Read the application note\u00a0<\/em>Analysis of Coal and Coal Ash using ICP-OES<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

More questions? \u00a0Just comment below and ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We recently published an article called:\u00a0How Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) Is Used in Coal Ash Analysis. After tweeting out the article we received a direct message that asked: Why\u00a0ICP-OES instead of ICP-MS? Here’s the answer: Inductively coupled plasma\/optical emission spectrometry (ICP\/OES)\u00a0could be used, but due to the nature of the high acid extracts required, then<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":9545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"division":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cement","8":"entry"},"_selected_authors":"","_selected_reviewers":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Reader Asks about Coal Ash Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why use ICP-OES instead of ICP-MS? 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