Detecting nanoparticulate silver using single-particle inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-121

  Mitrano, Denise M ^a   Lesher, Emily K ^a   Bednar, Anthony ^b   Monserud, Jon ^c   Higgins, Christopher P ^a   Ranville, James F ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoparticle; Quantification; Silver; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; COMPLEX MATRICES; COUNTING MODE; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ELEMENT SPECIFICITY; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; HEALTH FOODS; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; METAL OXIDES; NANO PARTICULATES; NANOGRAMS; NANOMATERIAL; PILOT STUDIES; QUANTIFICATION; SERIAL DILUTIONS; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SIZE AND SHAPE; WASTEWATER SAMPLES;

HEALTH RISKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; WASTEWATER;

SILVER;

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; METAL OXIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ACIDIFICATION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FILTRATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; SILVER; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84856460006     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.719     Document Type: Article

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