The first analytical instrument in MAD's catalogue.
Developer of Cerawave™ microwave plasma technology and the MICAP-OES 1000 — a nitrogen-based spectrometer that replaces argon-based ICP-OES.
Microwave Inductively Coupled Atmospheric Plasma OES.
Radom Corporation developed a solution for onsite instrumentation using Microwave Inductively Coupled Atmospheric Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometry (MICAP-OES) at 1000 W power. This nitrogen-based plasma atomic spectroscopy instrument replaces the traditional argon-generated plasma technology used in conventional ICP-OES.
Adding Radom to MAD's portfolio is a deliberate change, not an incremental one. Every other manufacturer MAD represents supplies something that happens before or around a spectrometer — digestion, autosamplers, nebulizers, torches. The MICAP-OES 1000 is the spectrometer itself: the first analytical instrument in MAD's catalogue, and the piece that completes the workflow end to end.
At a glance.
| Company | Radom Corporation |
| Website | radomcorp.com |
| Contact | inquiries@radomcorp.com · +1 877-977-2366 |
| Core technology | Cerawave™ — microwave inductively coupled atmospheric plasma |
| Flagship product | MICAP-OES 1000 |
Cerawave™ removes the coil. Removing the coil removes the chiller.
MICAP-OES 1000 uses Cerawave technology, which eliminates the electric water-cooled coil found in commercially available ICP-OES instruments. Two consequences follow, and they drive the entire commercial argument.
No cooling infrastructure
Conventional ICP-OES requires a chiller — a separate unit consuming power, occupying floor space, requiring maintenance, and a common failure point through overheating or inadequate ventilation. Cerawave needs neither water nor air cooling.
Nitrogen instead of argon
Nitrogen is significantly less expensive than argon and, critically, can be generated on site. Argon must be delivered in cylinders or bulk, with all the supply-chain, lead-time and cost exposure that implies.
The unoccupied competitive position.
Argon supply and cost
A conventional ICP-OES consumes argon continuously whenever the plasma is lit. For laboratories in remote mining regions, and across the wider Sub-Saharan territory where MAD holds the Teledyne agency, argon logistics are a recurring operational constraint. An instrument running on locally generated nitrogen removes that dependency.
Power and infrastructure resilience
No chiller means less connected load, one fewer unit to restart after an outage, and one fewer failure mode. Where power interruption and voltage instability are routine operational concerns, an instrument with fewer supporting services is materially easier to keep running.
Field and on-site deployment
At 30 kg and roughly 62 × 50 × 55 cm, the MICAP-OES 1000 is transportable in a way conventional ICP-OES is not. Screening core samples on location means faster results and more samples collected per area — directly relevant to South African exploration geochemistry.
The MICAP-OES 1000's sample introduction chain is entirely products MAD already supplies.
| Component | Specified | MAD's existing supply |
|---|---|---|
| Autosampler | Teledyne CETAC Technologies ASX-560 | MAD is the Sub-Saharan Africa Teledyne distributor |
| Nebulizer | Low-flow quartz, 1.0 mL/min | Precision Glassblowing |
| Spray chamber | Single-pass cyclonic | Precision Glassblowing |
| Torch | 20 mm quartz, 1.5 mm injector | Precision Glassblowing |
| Sample tubing | Black/black PVC, 0.76 mm ID | Consumables supply |
| Drain tubing | Yellow/blue PVC, 1.52 mm ID | Consumables supply |
This is a genuinely unusual position. MAD can supply the digestion system (CEM), the autosampler (Teledyne), the spectrometer (Radom), and every consumable in the sample introduction path (Precision Glassblowing) — and then service all of it locally. Where MAD's coverage was once everything around the spectrometer, with Radom it becomes the complete workflow, from solid sample to reported result, from a single Johannesburg supplier.
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Full specifications, verified gold assay performance data, and the economic case against conventional ICP-OES and flame AA.
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