EP1163505A1 - Dispositif pour analyser des elements contenus dans des echantillons de liquides sous forme de gouttelettes - Google Patents

Dispositif pour analyser des elements contenus dans des echantillons de liquides sous forme de gouttelettes

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EP1163505A1
EP1163505A1 EP01909494A EP01909494A EP1163505A1 EP 1163505 A1 EP1163505 A1 EP 1163505A1 EP 01909494 A EP01909494 A EP 01909494A EP 01909494 A EP01909494 A EP 01909494A EP 1163505 A1 EP1163505 A1 EP 1163505A1
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Prior art keywords
droplet
laser light
analysis
shaped liquid
plasma
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Heinrich Schwenke
Joachim Knoth
Eckard Jantzen
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Galab Products GmbH
GKSS Forshungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH
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Galab Products GmbH
GKSS Forshungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/02—Details
    • H01J49/10—Ion sources; Ion guns
    • H01J49/16—Ion sources; Ion guns using surface ionisation, e.g. field-, thermionic- or photo-emission
    • H01J49/161—Ion sources; Ion guns using surface ionisation, e.g. field-, thermionic- or photo-emission using photoionisation, e.g. by laser
    • H01J49/162—Direct photo-ionisation, e.g. single photon or multi-photon ionisation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/62—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light
    • G01N21/71—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light thermally excited
    • G01N21/718—Laser microanalysis, i.e. with formation of sample plasma
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/02—Details
    • H01J49/04—Arrangements for introducing or extracting samples to be analysed, e.g. vacuum locks; Arrangements for external adjustment of electron- or ion-optical components

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  • the invention relates to a device for analyzing elements contained in liquids.
  • Multi-element analysis of the smallest sample volumes in the range of ⁇ l and less is currently a major challenge in analytical chemistry.
  • the demand for analyzes of the smallest sample quantities is also constantly increasing, especially in the biochemical and pharmaceutical industries.
  • the methods most frequently used according to the prior art for the simultaneous analysis of a large number of elements are the so-called ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Pl as a-Optical Emission Spectrometry) and the so-called ICP-MS (Induc- tively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry).
  • ICP-OES Inductively Coupled Pl as a-Optical Emission Spectrometry
  • ICP-MS Induc- tively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
  • Both methods have the major disadvantage that heated gases are used to excite the sample.
  • the heating gases have the disadvantageous effect that the sample is diluted considerably and that the detection sensitivity is reduced by the dilution factor.
  • Another disadvantage, which influences the sensitivity of the sample arises with spectrometric detection due to cross interference of the gas present in high excess.
  • a laser light source is provided, by means of which the laser light can be applied to the liquid sample which can be introduced in droplets in an analysis space in order to generate a plasma of the liquid sample, the plasma emitted light and / or sample material can be given to an analysis device.
  • the advantage of the solution according to the invention is essentially that the analysis can be carried out directly and without further dilution of the sample.
  • the plasma in the form of a plasma bubble optically represents a point source which provides ideal conditions for coupling the emission lines into an analysis device or an upstream optical system.
  • the point source is only a few ⁇ in size.
  • Another advantage of the solution according to the invention is that essentially available means such as laser light sources and spectrometers of the most varied types can be used.
  • the droplet-shaped liquid samples are supplied by a metering device.
  • Dosing devices of this type are also commercially available and can, for example, produce droplet-shaped liquid samples in the pico- to nanoliter.
  • a plurality of droplet-shaped liquid samples supplied one after the other can be "shot down", so to speak, one after the other by means of the laser light, so that the analytical result can be confirmed by a plurality of samples examined immediately one after the other with regard to the accuracy of the analysis.
  • the laser light can advantageously be applied to the droplet-shaped liquid sample in the form of a pulse, the length of the pulse and possibly a pulse repetition rate depending on the expected element spectra being determinable or adjustable.
  • the laser light in the form of a pulse sequence to the droplet-like liquid sample, i.e. the emission flashes of the plasma can be accumulated in the downstream analysis device, whereby a more precise, more revealing analysis of the elements or the molecules is possible.
  • the energy of the laser light can be selected such that the plasma has, for example, a temperature of 10 ° K and that preferably the energy of the laser light can be measured such that the plasma has an expansion in the range of 50 microns. It has been found that if these parameters are observed, a qualitatively and quantitatively high-quality analysis of the sample is possible by means of spectroscopic devices known per se for analysis methods.
  • the laser light emerging from the laser light source is advantageously passed through a focusing device, for example in the form of a focusing lens, before it occurs on the liquid sample.
  • a focusing device for example in the form of a focusing lens
  • the analysis device can, however, preferably also be an emission spectrometer, by means of which the emission radiation of the atomized sample atoms or ionized elements is analyzed by optical spectrometry.
  • the laser pulse is preferably synchronized with the emission spectrometer, as a result of which the background in the signals obtained is reduced. 1
  • the analysis device can also be a mass spectrometer in which the small plasma cloud generated by the “bombardment” by means of laser light of the droplet-shaped liquid sample can be introduced directly into the mass spectrometer due to the fact that the atoms in the plasma are completely ionized.
  • TOF-MS time of flight
  • FIG. 1 shows a device according to a first embodiment, in which the analysis device is designed in the form of a mass spectrometer, and
  • FIG. 2 shows a device in which the analysis device is designed in the form of an optical emission spectrometer.
  • the device 10 for analyzing droplet-shaped liquid samples 11, in which elements are contained which represent the object actually to be examined, comprises a laser light source 12, cf. Fig. 1.
  • the laser light source 12 generates laser light 13 in a suitable manner.
  • the laser light 13 is directed to a focusing device 18, here, for example, in the form of a focusing lens.
  • the focused laser light 13 is directed onto a droplet-shaped liquid sample 11.
  • the energy of the laser light is predetermined such that a plasma 15 of the droplet-shaped liquid sample 11 is generated.
  • the liquid sample 11 is then virtually present as plasma bubbles.
  • the plasma 15 has, for example, a temperature in the range of 10 ° K and the extent of the plasma washing 15 is in the range of 50 ⁇ m and less.
  • the plasma 15 emits light 16, which in turn is given to a focusing device 19, FIG. 2, which can be designed, for example, in the form of a converging lens.
  • the bundled emitted light 16 is passed to an analysis device 17, where it is qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated by means of spectroscopic methods.
  • the analysis device 17 is designed, for example, in the form of an optical emission spectrometer, FIG. 2.
  • the droplet-shaped liquid samples 11 are supplied by a metering device 22 which is aligned with the laser light 13 such that the droplet-shaped liquid samples traverse the focal point of the focusing device 18.
  • the device 22 can be formed by a conventional metering device.
  • the device 22 can, however, also be produced by means of a modern separation process, such as, for example, an HPLC process (high pressure liquid chroatography).
  • HPLC process high pressure liquid chroatography
  • the laser light 13 itself can be applied to the liquid sample 11 in the form of individual pulses, the pulse length and possibly a pulse repetition rate being adjustable. However, it is also possible to apply the laser light 13 to the liquid sample 11 in the form of a pulse sequence, possibly repeating itself in a suitable time.
  • a sequence of predeterminable amount of droplet-shaped liquid samples 11 can also be passed through the analysis space 14.
  • the devices 10 according to FIG. 1 and according to FIG. 2 differ essentially in that, in the case of FIG. 1, a mass spectrometer eter (TOF mass spectrometer) is used.
  • TOF mass spectrometer When using a mass spectrometer as the analysis device 17, sample material 16 is directed onto the mass spectrometer.
  • the emission light coming from the plasma 15 is passed to an analysis device 17 in the form of an optical spectrometer (OES spectrometer), by means of which the light emission of the plasma 15 according to the methods of optical emission spectrometry is used directly for element analysis is being used .
  • OES spectrometer optical spectrometer

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif (10) servant à analyser des éléments contenus dans des échantillons de liquide (11). Ce dispositif comprend une source lumineuse (12) qui permet d'exposer à une lumière laser (13) un échantillon de liquide (11) sous forme de gouttelettes, pouvant être placé dans une zone d'analyse (14), pour produire un plasma (15) de l'échantillon de liquide (11). La lumière (16) et/ou la matière (16) émises par le plasma (15) peuvent être acheminées à une unité d'analyse (17).
EP01909494A 2000-01-25 2001-01-18 Dispositif pour analyser des elements contenus dans des echantillons de liquides sous forme de gouttelettes Ceased EP1163505A1 (fr)

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DE2000102970 DE10002970B4 (de) 2000-01-25 2000-01-25 Vorrichtung zur Analyse von in tröpfchenförmigen Flüssigkeitsproben enthaltenen Elementen
PCT/DE2001/000196 WO2001055700A1 (fr) 2000-01-25 2001-01-18 Dispositif pour analyser des elements contenus dans des echantillons de liquides sous forme de gouttelettes

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