Influence of methane addition on selenium isotope sensitivity and their spectral interferences

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-188

  Floor, Geerke H ^a,b   Millot, Romain ^a   Iglesias, Mónica ^b   Négrel, Philippe ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

hydride generation; interferences; isotopes; methane; multi collector ICPMS; precision; selenium

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; HIGH POTENTIAL; HYDRIDE GENERATIONS; INTERFERENCE RATIO; INTERFERENCES; IONIZATION PROCESS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MC-ICP-MS; METHANE ADDITION; MULTI-COLLECTOR; MULTI-COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; PRECISION; SPECTRAL INTERFERENCE;

ARGON; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; METHANE; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SELENIUM; SPECTROMETRY;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

ARGON; ARSENIC; GERMANIUM; METHANE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; GENERATOR; HYBRIDE GENERATOR INJECTOR SYSTEM; IONIZATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTI COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79951676870     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1880     Document Type: Article

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