PinAAcle AA

Summary

PerkinElmer's Pinnacle series introduces cutting-edge AAA instrumentation, featuring advanced fiber-optic technology for enhanced performance and efficiency. The system offers versatile analysis capabilities with flame and furnace modes, automatic alignment, and multi-element optimization. The Pinnacle series also includes the AS 900 auto sampler for automated, high-accuracy analysis, and deuterium or Zeeman background correction options. The innovative design includes a transversely heated graphite atomizer for consistent results and a color furnace camera for easy monitoring. With intuitive software and remote diagnostics, Pinnacle provides world-leading performance in atomic absorption spectrometry.

Takeaways

• 😀 Pinnacle is PerkinElmer's latest line of AAA instrumentation, featuring advanced fiber-optic technology.
• 😀 The Pinnacle system is the smallest and most efficient flame furnace system available today.
• 😀 PerkinElmer was the first to integrate all techniques (flame, furnace, flow injection, hydride, and mercury hydride) into one instrument.
• 😀 Pinnacle’s fiber optics improve light throughput by transmitting light from the instrument’s lamp housing to the flame or graphite furnace.
• 😀 The system’s fully contained optical setup and automatic alignment of flame and furnace systems enhance performance and sensitivity.
• 😀 The flame mode features a true double-beam design for fast startup, exceptional stability, and no need for recalibration.
• 😀 The AS 900 auto sampler enables fully automated analysis, accommodating up to 148 samples with true random-access sampling.
• 😀 Automated calibration via the AS 900 reduces operator time and eliminates potential dilution errors.
• 😀 Pinnacle allows flexible configuration with various background correction models, including deuterium and longitudinal Zeeman options.
• 😀 The transversely heated graphite atomizer in Pinnacle ensures uniform temperature, reducing interferences and enhancing signal accuracy.
• 😀 Pinnacle systems are equipped with a color furnace camera (TubeView) to monitor sample dispensing, drying, pyrolysis, and method development.
• 😀 The instruments are controlled with PerkinElmer’s intuitive WinLab 32 software and offer remote diagnostic capabilities for easier system monitoring.

Q & A

What is the Pinnacle series by PerkinElmer?

The Pinnacle series is the latest line of cutting-edge AAA (atomic absorption) instrumentation, engineered with the latest fiber-optic technology, making it the smallest and most efficient flame furnace system available.

What makes Pinnacle different from other atomic absorption instruments?

Pinnacle is unique because it was the first to offer multiple techniques—flame, furnace, flow injection, hydride furnace, and mercury hydride—on a single instrument, ensuring versatility and high performance in various analyses.

How does the optical system in Pinnacle work?

Pinnacle uses a fully contained optical system with fiber optics to enhance light throughput. The light is transmitted from the instrument’s eight-lamp housing to the flame or graphite furnace, then to the monochromator and solid-state detector, ensuring optimal performance.

What are the benefits of fiber optics in the Pinnacle system?

The fiber optics improve light throughput, enabling automatic alignment of the flame and furnace systems for optimal performance in both flame and furnace analysis techniques, while ensuring long-term stability and fast startup.

What feature of Pinnacle aids in optimizing performance during multi-element runs?

Pinnacle’s ability to optimize flame and gas flow for each specific element, through adjustments such as the viewing height and gas flow rates, is particularly beneficial for multi-element runs, improving overall performance.

How does the Pinnacle instrument ensure high sensitivity in flame mode?

Pinnacle’s flame mode features a true double-beam design, ensuring exceptional long-term stability, fast startup, and maximum sensitivity. Deuterium background correction enhances accuracy over a wide wavelength range.

What happens when switching from flame mode to furnace mode?

Switching to furnace mode is easy with the removal of the burner assembly, allowing access to the furnace housing. The system can be configured with an auto sampler (AS 900) for fully automated sample analysis in furnace mode.

How does the AS 900 auto sampler contribute to the Pinnacle system?

The AS 900 auto sampler provides true random-access sampling, reducing operator time, eliminating potential dilution errors, and accommodating up to 148 samples with high accuracy and reproducibility.

What is the significance of the transversely heated graphite atomizer in Pinnacle?

The transversely heated graphite atomizer ensures uniform temperature across the tube, reducing interferences, maximizing signal, and providing reproducible results. This feature is key for precise and interference-free analysis.

How does Pinnacle handle sample matrix complexity?

Pinnacle is designed to handle everything from simple to complex sample matrices, allowing users to analyze diverse samples on the same instrument without compromising performance or sensitivity.