Spatial profiling of analyte signal intensities in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-311

  Holliday, Alison E ^a   Beauchemin, Diane ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS); Operating conditions optimization; Spatial profiling

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IONIZATION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION;

OPERATING CONDITIONS OPTIMIZATION; SPATIAL PROFILING;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

EID: 1842424432     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2003.12.018     Document Type: Review

References (59)

1. Hieftje G.M., Barnes J.H., Gron O.A., Leach A.M., McClenathan D.M., Ray S.J., Solyom D.A., Wetzel W.C., Denton M.B., Bonner M., Koppenaal D.W. Evolution and revolution in instrumentation for plasma-source mass spectrometry. Pure Appl. Chem. 73:2001;1579-1588.
2. Beauchemin D. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Anal. Chem. 74:2002;2873-2893.
3. Olesik J.W., Stewart I.I., Hartshome J.A., Hensman C.E. Sensitivity and matrix effects in ICP-MS: aerosol processing, ion production and ion transport. Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry. 241:1999;3-19 Special Publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
4. Douglas D.J., Houk R.S. Inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Prog. Anal. At. Spectrosc. 8:1985;1-18.
5. Huang M., Hieftje G.M. Thomson scattering from an ICP. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 40:1985;1387-1400.
6. Warner K., Hieftje G.M. Thomson scattering from analytical plasmas. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 57:2002;201-241.
7. Sesi N.N., Hanselman D.S., Galley P., Horner J., Huang M., Hieftje G.M. An imaging-based instrument for fundamental plasma studies. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 52:1997;83-102.
8. Dziewatkoski M.P., Daniels L.B., Olesik J.W. Time-resolved inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry measurements with individual, monodisperse drop sample introduction. Anal. Chem. 68:1996;1101-1109.
9. Olesik J.W. Investigating the fate of individual sample droplets in inductively coupled plasmas. Appl. Spectrosc. 51:1997;158A-175A.
10. Hobbs S.E., Olesik J.W. Laser-excited fluorescence studies of matrix-induced errors in inductively coupled plasma spectrometry: implications for ICP-mass spectrometry. Appl. Spectrosc. 45:1991;1395-1407.
11. Hobbs S.E., Olesik J.W. The influence of incompletely desolvated droplets and vaporizing particles on chemical matrix effects in inductively coupled plasma spectrometry: time-gated optical emission and laser-induced fluorescence measurements. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 52:1997;353-367.
12. Duersch B.S., Chen Y., Ciocan A., Farnsworth P.B. Optical measurements of ion density in the second vacuum stage of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 53:1998;569-579.
13. Duersch B.S., Farnsworth P.B. Characterization of the ion beam inside the skimmer cone of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer by laser excited atomic and ionic fluorescence. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 54:1999;545-555.
14. Macedone J.H., Gammon D.J., Farnsworth P.B. Factors affecting analyte transport through the sampling orifice of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 56:2001;1687-1695.
15. Stewart I.I., Olesik J.W. Time-resolved measurements with single droplet introduction to investigate space-charge effects in plasma mass spectrometry. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 10:1999;159-174.
16. Vickers G.H., Wilson D.A., Hieftje G.M. Spatial dependence of ion concentrations in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 45:1990;499-509.
17. Douglas D.J., French J.B. Gas dynamics of the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry interface. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 3:1988;743-747.
18. Stewart I.I., Hensman C.E., Olesik J.W. Influence of gas sampling on analyte transport within the ICP and ion sampling for ICP-MS studied using individual, isolated sample droplets. Appl. Spectrosc. 54:2000;164-174.
19. Niu H., Houk R.S. Fundamental aspects of ion extraction in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 51:1996;779-815.
20. Douglas D.J. Fundamental aspects of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Montaser A., Golightly D.W. Inductively Coupled Plasmas in Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 1992;636 VCH Publishers, Inc, New York. Chapter 13.
21. Olivares J.A., Houk R.S. Kinetic energy distributions of positive ions in an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Appl. Spectrosc. 39:1985;1070-1077.
22. Uchida H., Ito T. Evaluation of an inductively coupled air-argon plasma as an ion source for mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 12:1997;913-918.
23. Poussel E., Mermet J.-M., Deruaz D. Dissociation of analyte oxide ions in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 9:1994;61-66.
24. Koirtyohann S.R., Jones J.S., Yates D.A. Nomenclature system for the low-power argon inductively coupled plasma. Anal. Chem. 52:1980;1965-1966.
25. Fraser M.M., Beauchemin D. Effect of concomitant elements on the distribution of ions in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy. Part 1. Elemental ions. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 55:2000;1705-1731.
26. Norman L.A., Muñoz M., Myers D.P., Ross B.S., Hieftje G.M. Characterisation of a 23-mm torch for use in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Appl. Spectrosc. 46:1992;448-457.
27. K.E. Jarvis, A.L. Gray, R.S. Houk, Handbook of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, Blackie, London, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1992, pp. 18-20.
28. Jakubowski N., Feldmann I., Stuewer D. Diagnostic investigations of aerosols with varying water content in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 8:1993;969-977.
29. Nonose N.S., Matsuda N., Fudagawa N., Kubota M. Some characteristics of polyatomic ion spectra in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 49:1994;955-974.
30. G.R. Peters, Novel sample introduction strategies for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Ph.D. Thesis, Queen's University, Kingston, 1994, pp. 139-145.
31. S.M. Burchell, Investigations of mixed-gas plasmas using a sheathing device for ICP-MS, M.Sc. Thesis, Queen's University, Kingston, 2000, pp. 55-76.
32. Beauchemin D. Discrete sample introduction techniques for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Barceló D. Wilson and Wilson's Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry. 2000;Elsevier, Amsterdam. 13, 14, 137, 212.
33. Fraser M.M., Beauchemin D. Effect of concomitant elements on the distribution of ions in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy. Part 2. Polyatomic ions. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 56:2001;2479-2495.
34. Taylor H.E. Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Practices and Techniques. 2001;23 Academic Press, San Diego.
35. Holliday A.E., Beauchemin D. Radial profiles of ion abundance in cold plasmas and mixed-gas plasmas in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Can. J. Anal. Sci. Spectrosc. 47:2002;91-97.
36. Holliday A.E., Beauchemin D. Spatial profiling of ion distributions in a nitrogen-argon plasma in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 18:2003;289-295.
37. Gray A.L., Date A.R. Inductively coupled plasma source mass spectrometry using continuum flow ion extraction. Analyst. 108:1983;1033-1050.
38. Horlick G., Tan S.H., Vaughan M.A., Rose C.A. The effect of plasma operating parameters on analyte signals in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 40:1985;1555-1572.
39. Vaughan M.A., Horlick G., Tan S.H. Effect of operating parameters on analyte signals in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 2:1987;765-772.
40. Tan S.H., Horlick G. Matrix-effect observations in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 2:1987;745-763.
41. Zhu G., Browner R.F. Investigation of experimental parameters with a quadrupole ICP/MS. Appl. Spectrosc. 41:1987;349-359.
42. Longerich H.P., Fryer B.J., Strong D.F., Kantipuly C.J. Effect of operating conditions on the determination of the rare earth elements by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 42:1987;75-92.
43. Gregoire D.C. The effect of easily ionizable concomitant elements on non-spectroscopic interferences in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 42:1987;895-907.
44. Ross B.S., Chambers D.M., Vickers G.H., Yang P., Hieftje G.M. Characterisation of a 9-mm torch for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 5:1990;351-358.
45. Ross B.S., Yang P., Hieftje G.M. The investigation of a 13-mm torch for use in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Appl. Spectrosc. 45:1991;190-197.
46. Jakubowski N., Feldmann I., Stuewer D. Holland G., Eaton A.N. Applications of Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry. 1991;79-88 Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge.
47. Jakubowski N., Feldmann I., Stuewer D. Analytical improvement of pneumatic nebulization in ICP-MS by desolvation. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 47:1992;107-118.
48. Björn E., Frech W. Non-spectral interference effects in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry using direct injection high efficiency and microconcentric nebulisation. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 16:2001;4-11.
49. Vaughan M.A., Horlick G. Oxide, hydroxide, and doubly charged analyte species in inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. Appl. Spectrosc. 40:1986;434-445.
50. Tanner S.D. Characterization of ionization and matrix suppression in inductively coupled 'cold' plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 10:1995;905-921.
51. S.D. Tanner, ICP-MS tectonics: moving the atomic and oxide ion 'mountains', Paper F1. Proceedings of the 1994 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, San Diego, January 1994.
52. Beauchemin D., McLaren J.W., Berman S.S. Study of the effects of concomitant elements in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 42:1987;467-490.
53. Chen X., Houk R.S. Polyatomic ions as internal standards for matrix corrections in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 10:1995;837-841.
54. Diegor W.G., Longerich H.P. Parameter interaction in signal optimization of an ICP mass spectrometer. At. Spectrosc. 21:(3):2000;111-117.
55. Xiao G., Beauchemin D. Reduction of matrix effects and mass discrimination in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with optimized argon-nitrogen plasmas. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 9:1994;509-518.
56. Tanner S.D. Experimental studies of ion kinetic energies in ICP-MS. Holland G., Eaton A.N. Applications of Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry II. 1993;222-234 The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge. Special Publication No. 124.
57. Lam J.W.H., Horlick G. A comparison of argon and mixed gas plasmas for inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 45:1990;1313-1325.
58. Cai M., Haydar D.A., Montaser A., Mostaghimi J. Computer simulation of argon-nitrogen and argon-oxygen inductively coupled plasmas. Spectrochim. Acta Part B. 52:1997;369-386.
59. Botto R.I. Trace element analysis of petroleum naphthas and tars using direct injection ICP-MS. Can. J. Anal. Sci. Spectrosc. 47:2002;1-13.