Efficient and Clean Alternative to Traditional Fire Assay
Traditional fire assay analysis is labor-intensive, expensive and environmentally harmful.
The Thermo Scientific™ ARL™ iSpark Plus Fire Assay Analyzer provides a simple and clean alternative to traditional cupellation and analysis stages by using spark optical emission spectrometry (OES) to determine precious metal concentrations directly in lead buttons.
With this system, you can achieve simultaneous quantitative determination of all precious metals in fire assay lead buttons in less than a minute.
The ARL iSpark Plus is a high-end spark OES spectrometer specially optimized for lead button analysis.
Applications and Detection Capabilities
The analyzer is ideal for various types of samples in:
- Gold and platinum mining (plant control, exploration, metal accounting)
- Precious metals refining and recycling
- Contract laboratories
Thanks to:
- 1-meter focal length Paschen-Runge optics
- High-performance photomultiplier tubes (PMTs)
- Advanced signal processing technologies
…it offers excellent detection limits for trace levels of gold, silver, and platinum group elements in lead buttons.
Key Benefits and Technical Highlights
- Unmatched hardware for long-term stability and reliability
- Exceptional performance in detection limits, precision, accuracy and speed
- Minimal training required for operators
- Automation-ready: streamlined sample prep and high throughput
- Factory-calibrated for fast commissioning
- Compatible with automated fire assay labs
Advanced Technology Inside
- Current Controlled Source (CCS): Flexible spark discharge control for high sensitivity, reproducibility and small sample geometry
- Time Resolved Spectroscopy (TRS): Signal acquisition at optimal timing for improved sensitivity and precision
- 1-meter Paschen-Runge vacuum polychromator for excellent resolution
- Thermo Scientific™ OXSAS™ software: Powerful and intuitive interface
- Temperature-controlled cast iron cabinet: ±0.1°C at 38 °C
- Argon-flushed, water-cooled table with closed-loop coolant system
