An automated iridium-strip heater for LA-ICP-MS bulk analysis of geological samples

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-26

  Stoll, Brigitte ^a   Jochum, Klaus Peter ^a   Herwig, Kirstin ^a   Amini, Marghaleray ^a,c   Flanz, Michael ^a   Kreuzburg, Berthold ^a   Kuzmin, Dmitry ^a   Willbold, Matthias ^a,d   Enzweiler, Jacinta ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ir strip heater; LA ICP MS; Lanai; Laser ablation; Martian meteorites; Reference materials; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149156575     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2008.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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