ATI - ICP-MS Ultimate - Laboratory Water Analysis

With ATI ICP-MS Ultimate Lab Analysis, you get the ultimate in accuracy across the board with the combination of ICP-OES and ICP-MS technologies, delivering our most comprehensive analysis. ATI Ultimate Lab Analysis has many benefits:

• Increased accuracy and significantly lower detection limits down to ultra-trace levels with ICP-MS (e.g. manganese, selenium, vanadium, arsenic, etc.) – elemental detection is possible down to 0.001 µg/l (compared to ICP-OES detection limits, which range from 0.5 to 3.5 µg/l depending on the element).
• Early detection of contaminants: enables faster response to prevent potential problems.
• Double-validated results: Many parameters are measured by both ICP-OES and ICP-MS, with cross-checking to ensure consistency and reduce measurement errors.
• Expanded element portfolio (MS* trace elements and MS* contaminants): rubidium, neodymium, zirconium, and many others.
• Use of the most suitable measurement method for each water parameter – for example, major elements are measured by ICP-OES, while trace and ultra-trace elements are analyzed by ICP-MS.

With precise measurement from bulk to ultra-trace elements, the ATI Laboratory Analysis ICP-MS Ultimate achieves unprecedented accuracy.

The analysis values in the table include:

• Salinity (salt content in the PSU)
• KH (carbonate hardness/alkalinity)
• Nutrients: Nitrogen/Nitrate, Phosphorus/Phosphate
• Bulk elements: sodium, calcium, chloride, magnesium, sulfur, potassium, bromine, strontium, boron, fluoride
• Trace elements OES: Barium, Iron, Iodine, Lithium, Molybdenum, Silver, Silicon
• OES Contaminants: Aluminum, Antimony, Beryllium, Bismuth, Cadmium, Lanthanum, Thallium, Titanium, Tungsten
• Trace elements MS: * Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Manganese, Nickel, Rubidium, Selenium, Vanadium, Zinc, Tin
• MS Contaminants: * Arsenic, Lead, Neodymium, Niobium, Zirconium, Indium, Germanium, Gallium, Mercury, Tellurium

* Trace elements/MS contaminants – elements measured only by ICP-MS at very low physiologically active levels.

How ATI laboratory analyses work:

1. Register at lab.atiaquaristik.com, create an aquarium profile and scan the QR code to activate the analysis.
2. Fill your aquarium water into the sample tubes included in the test kit.
3. Stick the barcodes on the dry tubes and send them to the address on the included card.
4. We will confirm receipt of your sample by email.
5. Once your sample is analyzed, you will receive another email with a link to the results and detailed recommendations.

Example of result on the ATI website (available languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Français):