20 years ICPMS and LA-ICPMS experience and development:

1.Generation:

1992 VG PQ2+ (Q-ICP-MS) out of operation
1997 VG UV MicroProbe (266 nm Nd:YAG Laser) out of operation

2.Generation

2001 LECO Rennaissance (TOF-ICP-MS) out of operation

2001 Lambda Physik COMPEX 110 GeoLas (193 nm ArF Excimer Laser)
2003 Perkin Elmer DRC II (Q-ICP-MS)

3.Generation

2014 Thermo Element 2 (SF-ICP-MS)
2014 Resonetics Resolution with Laurin Cell S-155 and Squid (193 nm ArF Excimer Laser)

4.Generation

from 2016 HR-MC-ICP-MS (Victor-Moritz-Goldschmidt- Professur)

Analytical Options:

Laser Ablation of Solids
ALL elements (except H, C, N, O, F)
ALL matrices (ceramics, glasses, metals, silicates, ...)
can drill PITS (10 to 300 µm diameter, % to ppb detection range, µm resolution in vertical z), carve LINES and ablate SURFACES & entire VOLUMES

Solutions
ca. 64 elements
dissolution of rocks with up to date PICOTRACE apparatus (HF+HClO4+HNO3), detection limits in the ppb-ppq-ppt range, Autosampler ESI-FAST