Further investigations on optimized tail correction and high-precision measurement of uranium isotopic ratios using multi-collector ICP-MS

Chemical Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 141-160

  Deschamps, Pierre ^a,b   Doucelance, Régis ^a   Ghaleb, Bassam ^a   Michelot, Jean Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Multiple collector ICP MS; Precision; Standard; Tail correction; Uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PRECISION; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 0141905802     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00226-2     Document Type: Article

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