Laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS): Setting operating conditions and instrumental performance

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 65-74

  D'oriano, Claudia ^a,b   Dapelo, Stefania ^a   Podda, Francesca ^a   Cioni, Raffaello ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laser ablation ICP MS; LLD; Operating conditions; Precision and accuracy; Trace elements; USGS glass reference materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053964375     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2008PM0019     Document Type: Article

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