An indispensable Critical Eye

This critical evaluation instrument ensures medications are free from toxic catalyst residues and elemental impurities before distribution. It can detect and measure trace elemental impurities down to parts-per-trillion (ppt) levels.

An indispensable Critical Eye

• "iCAP" works by using a super-heated argon plasma (around 8,000 °C) to break a liquid or gas sample down into its individual atoms.

An indispensable Critical Eye

• Atoms are excited by the extreme heat and emit light at specific wavelengths.

An indispensable Critical Eye

• The iCAP machine measures this light emission or uses a mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) to count the ions.

An indispensable Critical Eye

• This allows ITH to detect up to 70 different elements in a single sample simultaneously.