Metal impurities are introduced into pharmaceutical products and dietary supplements from raw materials, catalysts, equipment, and the environment. Changing regulatory requirements now require manufacturers to determine elemental impurities in new and existing products. These analyses include metals analysis and the analyses of inorganic, aqueous, and non-aqueous materials.

Scientech utilizes the instrumental techniques of Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS). ICP is a very high temperature excitation source that efficiently desolates, vaporizes, excites, and ionizes atoms. A mass spectrophotometer is utilized to separate and detect the ions (ICP-MS). The intensity of this emission or ions is indicative of the concentration of the element within the sample. The use of ICP will allow specific, multi-element determinations with sensitivities down to the part-per billion (ppb) levels.