This is a semiquantitative trace element technique for the analysis of solids and liquid materials. It is an extremely robust, comprehensive and sensitive technique for impurity analysis. It is capable of analyzing, conducting, semiconducting and insulating solids, powders, crystals, liquids, organometallics, ash from organics, unknowns and many other sample forms. It's detecion capabilities encompass the periodic table from lithium through uranium, and has the ability to determine impurity levels from the sub-ppm level to 0.1%. SSMS avantages include total simultaneous elemental coverage, low detection limits, semiquantative accuracy (+2-3x), and high resolution capabilities to eliminate many spectral interferences.