Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

T Van Acker, S Theiner, E Bolea-Fernandez… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) combines plasma chemistry, which
produces singly charged elemental ions, with mass spectrometric detection. Unlike other …

Analytical methods for non-traditional isotopes

F Albarède, B Beard - Reviews in mineralogy and …, 2004 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This chapter is devoted to the analytical methods employed for making high precision
isotope ratio measurements that preserve naturally occurring mass-dependent isotopic …

Determination of the 10Be half-life by multicollector ICP-MS and liquid scintillation counting

J Chmeleff, F von Blanckenburg, K Kossert… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2010 - Elsevier
A new method was designed and used for determining the half-life of the isotope 10Be. The
method is based on (1) accurate 10Be/9Be measurements of 9Be-spiked solutions of a …

High‐precision isotopic characterization of USGS reference materials by TIMS and MC‐ICP‐MS

D Weis, B Kieffer, C Maerschalk… - Geochemistry …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) at the University of
British Columbia has undertaken a systematic analysis of the isotopic (Sr, Nd, and Pb) …

MPI‐DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios

KP Jochum, B Stoll, K Herwig… - Geochemistry …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We present new analytical data of major and trace elements for the geological MPI‐DING
glasses KL2‐G, ML3B‐G, StHs6/80‐G, GOR128‐G, GOR132‐G, BM90/21‐G, T1‐G, and …

Zircon Hf-isotope analysis with an excimer laser, depth profiling, ablation of complex geometries, and concomitant age estimation

J Woodhead, J Hergt, M Shelley, S Eggins, R Kemp - Chemical Geology, 2004 - Elsevier
This study examines the levels of precision and accuracy obtainable by laser ablation Hf-
isotope analysis of zircons in real-world situations using a 193-nm ArF excimer laser …

Pb isotopic analysis of standards and samples using a 207Pb–204Pb double spike and thallium to correct for mass bias with a double-focusing MC-ICP-MS

J Baker, D Peate, T Waight, C Meyzen - Chemical Geology, 2004 - Elsevier
A Pb isotope analytical method using a 207Pb–204Pb double spike (DS) and a double-
focusing MC-ICP-MS routinely yields standard and sample data with an external …

Precise and accurate isotopic measurements using multiple-collector ICPMS

F Albarede, P Telouk, J Blichert-Toft, M Boyet… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2004 - Elsevier
New techniques of isotopic measurements by a new generation of mass spectrometers
equipped with an inductively-coupled-plasma source, a magnetic mass filter, and multiple …

Combined separation of Cu, Fe and Zn from rock matrices and improved analytical protocols for stable isotope determination

PA Sossi, GP Halverson, O Nebel… - Geostandards and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Isotope ratios of heavy elements vary on the 1/10000 level in high temperature materials,
providing a fingerprint of the processes behind their origin. Ensuring that the measured …

Mass discrimination correction in multiple-collector plasma source mass spectrometry: an example using Cu and Zn isotopes

C Archer, D Vance - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2004 - pubs.rsc.org
Multiple-collector magnetic sector ICP-MS affords the possibility of applying instrumental
mass discrimination corrections using a reference isotope ratio of an element (dopant) other …