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Professional VA

Professional VA

Flexible benchtop analyzers for trace analysis with voltammetry and polarography.

The Professional VA are compact and multi-functional analyzers for voltammetric trace analysis of metal ions and other substances as well as the determination of organic additives in electroplating baths with Cyclic Voltammetric Stripping.

  • Compact system to save bench space
  • Broad selection of current measuring modes and calibration techniques for a wide range of applications
  • Exchangeable measuring head for fast and easy switching between applications
  • Modular design for customized systems
  • Manual, semiautomated, and fully automated setups available to meet your specific needs
  • Powerful viva software for full system control

Brochure: 884 Professional VA – Universal system solution for voltammetry and CVS (8.884.5001, PDF, 3.34 MB)

One system – many applications

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The Professional VA cover the entire range of voltammetric and polarographic analysis. These systems can be used to analyze, amongst other:

  • Trace levels of, e.g., cadmium, lead, nickel, cobalt, or iron, in sea water, salts, and high-purity chemicals
  • Various transition metal ions in water samples
  • Additives and impurities in electroplating solutions
  • Copper and iron in boiler feed water
  • Ultra-trace levels of metal species in sea water
  • Organic additives in plating solutions with Cyclic Voltammetric Stripping (CVS)

The compact Professional VA allow you to save bench space in your laboratory. But what happens if you perform more than one application? No problem! Simply exchange the measuring head and continue with your analysis.

Highly sensitive trace metal determinations

The following detection limits apply when using a Multi-Mode Electrode:

Detection limits of the Professional VA with a Multi Mode Electrode
Antimony
SbIII/SbV
200 ppt
Arsenic
AsIII/AsV
100 ppt
Bismuth
Bi
50 ppt

Lead
Pb 50 ppt
Cadmium
Cd 50 ppt
Chromium
CrIII/CrVI 25 ppt
Cobalt Co 50 ppt
Copper Cu
50 ppt
Iron FeII/FeIII
50 ppt

Molybdenum Mo 50 ppt
Mercury Hg
100 ppt
Nickel
Ni 50 ppt
Platinum Pt
0.1 ppt
Rhodium Rh 0.1 ppt
Selenium SeIV/SeVI 300 ppt
Thallium  Tl 50 ppt
Uranium  U 25 ppt
Tungsten  W 200 ppt
Zinc  Zn 50 ppt

Higher throughput with automation

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The Professional VA can be customized with automation and liquid handling modules to minimize the manual workload and increase accuracy and reproducibility of your results.

For instance, you can add Dosinos to take care of reagent and sample additions, pump stations for automatic rinsing, or a sample processor to perform fully automated, highly precise and reproducible analyses – completely unattended.

Full system control with viva

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The Professional VA and all modules are controlled with the user-friendly and powerful viva software. With viva, you can adapt and edit methods to fully suit your applications.

In addition, the viva database stores all determinations with the associated data, e.g. curves and results. The data are displayed clearly in a practical list and the individual determinations can be accessed by simply clicking on an item in the list. Sort, search, and filter functions help finding the data you’re looking for quickly and easily. The recorded data can also be reprocessed, for instance to recalibrate retroactively with a newly measured standard solution.

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