Optimization and validation of a Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry method for the routine analysis of soils and sediments

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-25

  Arroyo, Luis ^a   Trejos, Tatiana ^a   Gardinali, Piero R ^a   Almirall, José R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Laser ablation; Sediments; Soil

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BINDERS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AA METHODS; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BULK SOILS; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; HOMOGENIZATION PROCEDURES; ICP-MS; KEY FACTORS; LIMITS OF DETECTIONS; MATRIX EFFECTS; MS ANALYSES; PROFICIENCY TESTS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLINGS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROUTINE ANALYSES; SAMPLE PREPARATIONS; SEM/EDX; SENSITIVE METHODS; SOIL AND SEDIMENTS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; TRACE METALS; Z SCORES;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

EID: 58149358813     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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