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UP266 MACRO
Product Introduction
Technical Note
The new UP266 MACRO, a large beam, 266nm,
short UV Nd:YAG laser ablation system is designed to
boost ICP-OES and ICP-MS sensitivity well beyond the
abilities of all other 266nm laser ablation systems.
The UP266 MACRO is the first commercial, short UV,
laser ablation system capable of ablating micron to
millimeter sized craters in a full range of materials.
From quartz glass to tree rings, from plastics to steels,
from paper to gels. Built around the user-friendly
Universal Platform design, features like sample mapping and targeting, automated analysis and motorized
stage control are all standard features.
For many applications the process of getting the
analytical material of interest into solution is a difficult,
time consuming process involving the use of
dangerous chemicals requiring safe handling and
costly disposal. Laser ablation solid sampling analysis
is growing into a practical, realistic alternative to
aqueous analysis especially for difficult matrices and
sample types.

UP266 MACRO large beam 266nm ablation
Label A:
V.E.R.I. functional adjustment (Fig. 1)
Label B:
Auxiliary gas control (Fig. 2)

Applications
Bulk and inclusion analysis of metals
Forensic analysis of plastics, ceramics, paints,
glass, biological tissues, tree rings and gels
Sulfate analysis
Environmental air filters, wear metals and
soils analysis

Figure 1: View of V.E.R.I
functional spot size control and Class 1
laser shield

Figure 2:
Auxiliary gas
control (0-1L)

3a
3b

Figure 3a and 3b: Craters in brass and glass displaying the
large range in spot sizes capable with the UP266 MACRO.
Fig. 3b is a 780µm ablation crater with a raster of 30µm
craters within.

Vernier Extended Range Incremental (V.E.R.I.™)
adjustment (Fig. 1) offers a level of flexibility that
goes beyond spot size control. Spot sizes smaller
than 20 µm and greater than 1200 µm are now
possible. V.E.R.I. fine tuning of analyte signal is an
additional feature where spot size is not a limiting
factor.
The UP266 MACRO also incorporates an integrated, high precision auxiliary gas control
rotometer (Fig. 2). Helium cell gas control from 20
ml to 1L improves ablation characteristics and dry
aerosol transport.