Combining Thermo’s PlasmaLab software for the X Series ICPMS

Combining Thermo’s PlasmaLab software for the X Series ICPMS with the established Metals Analytical Review and Reporting System (MARRS) from EISC, a scientific software development company, has yielded a comprehensive reporting and electronic data deliverables (EDD) package for EPA methods. Environmental analysis for regulatory work using ICP-MS must be of a consistent, high quality, and the laboratory undertaking the analysis must work from approved documented methods. For ICP-MS, relevant EPA methods include 200.8 (Office of Water) 1991; 6020 (Office of Solid Waste) 1994; 6020A (Office of Solid Waste) 1998 and ILM05.3D (Superfund’s Contract Laboratory Program) 2004. The MARRS/PlasmaLab XML combination maximizes the Performance Report capability of PlasmaLab to fully comply with the EPA requirements for mass calibration and peak-width validation. It is also possible to use the extra features of MARRS to link data from the LIMS with data from the X Series into a single report.