MC-ICP-MS Isotope Measurements with Direct Injection Nebulisation (d-DIHEN): Optimisation and Application to Boron in Seawater and Carbonate Samples

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-88

  Louvat, Pascale ^a   Bouchez, Julien ^a   Paris, Guillaume ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Boron isotopes; Carbonates; Direct injection; MC ICP MS; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; B VALUE; BORON ISOTOPES; BREMEN , GERMANY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MC-ICP-MS; MULTI-COLLECTOR; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; NEBULISATION; NEPTUNE; OPTIMISATIONS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; REFERENCE SOLUTION; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SPRAY CHAMBER;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CARBONATES; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; SEAWATER; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 79951905776     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2010.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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