Patent ID: 8597598

Claim:
A sample presentation device for radiation-based analytical equipment comprising a mounting base in the form of a metal plate shaped and configured for mounting on a particular item of radiation-based analytical equipment, a carrier carried by, and adjustable in position relative to, the mounting base, and an arm extending from the carrier and having at its opposite end a terminal member and wherein the carrier and terminal member each have coaxial connectors for receiving two opposite end regions of a capillary tube that forms, in use, a reaction cell, and at least one radiant heater radially offset from the axis of the coaxial connectors for heating, in use, a capillary tube mounted by way of the coaxial connectors wherein the radiant heater is carried by the arm in a position radially opposite a region to be occupied by the central region of a capillary tube in use and wherein the carrier and terminal member each have a flow path passing therethrough and communicating with the coaxial connectors and a separate heater is associated with each of the flow paths whereby they can be heated, in use.