Exploration of a helium inductively coupled plasma/Mattauch-Herzog mass spectrometer for simultaneous multielement analysis

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1998 · Applied Spectroscopy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1366/0003702981942500· OSTI ID:678794

Nam, Sang-Ho

A helium inductively coupled plasma (He ICP) was coupled with a low-resolution Mattauch-Herzog mass spectrometer (MHMS) for simultaneous ion detection. The potentials and limitations of the system were explored for the introduction of aqueous samples and for laser ablation sampling of solid materials including aluminum alloy, brass, fused ore, and glass standard reference materials. Compared to the data obtained with an Ar ICP on the same instrument, the detection limits were approximately 10 and 100 times worse for samples in solid and solution forms, respectively, partly due to the presence of a strong secondary discharge for the He ICP used with this instrument. In general, the ICP detection limits measured with the MHMS were 10{endash}1000 times inferior to the data obtained with a quadrupole-based instrument. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital Society for Applied Spectroscopy}

• DOE Contract Number: FG02-93ER14320
• OSTI ID: 678794
• Journal Information: Applied Spectroscopy, Journal Name: Applied Spectroscopy Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 52; ISSN 0003-7028; ISSN APSPA4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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