Sievers® UPW Boron Analyzer

Ionics, Incorporated (NYSE-ION) and its Boulder, CO-based Instrument Business Group announced today the introduction of a revolutionary new instrument for water quality management—the SieversÒ UPW Boron Analyzer. This groundbreaking analyzer is the first instrument to provide continuous, online, unattended monitoring of part-per-trillion levels of boron in deionized, ultrapure water applications.

According to Dr. Michael Routh, Vice President of Ionics' Instrument Business Group, "The addition of the Sievers UPW Boron Analyzer to our existing product lines is tremendously exciting because it is the only analytical instrument with the ability to continuously monitor ultra trace levels of boron, a contaminant of ever-increasing importance in ultrapure water processes."

"In fact, the new UPW Boron Analyzer measures boron at concentrations previously achievable only by instrumentation that is significantly more expensive, " Dr. Routh added.

Because boron is released from mixed-bed ion exchange resins before silica, the Sievers UPW Boron Analyzer is an essential tool for pinpointing resin exhaustion in microelectronics applications. It also prevents costly downtime and repairs due to silica buildup in turbines and boilers in power applications.

Possessing the part-per-trillion sensitivity of ICP/MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy), the Sievers UPW Boron Analyzer ensures compliance with primary and polish loop boron specifications. At five analyses per hour, facilities engineers can protect against upset conditions that would go undetected with ICP/MS or other batch analysis methods.