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Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emmision Spectrometer (ICP-OES)

Macro and micro nutrients need to conform to dietary requirements.  Many animal feeds and human foods have macro and micro minerals added to them to supplement what is available naturally from the food.

The amount added plus the natural amount need to be determined by analysis for proper labeling of the levels in the food.

The feed samples are usually ground, sampled and digested in strong acid before analysis.

The MCAL ICP-OES instrument can analyse over 70 elements.  The instrument can analyse multiple  elements in one runAn autosampler provides the instrument with a new sample every 3 to 5 min. making it possible to analyse many samples at a reasonable cost.