Origins of polyatomic ions in laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: An examination of metal oxide ions and effects of nitrogen and helium in the aerosol gas flow

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-19

  Witte, Travis M ^a,b   Houk, R S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Laser ablation; Metal oxide ion; Polyatomic ion

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SENSITIVITY; DRY PLASMAS; GAS LOAD; ICP-MS; KINETIC TEMPERATURES; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTRA; METAL OXIDES; METAL SAMPLES; METALLIC SAMPLES; MIXED GAS; PLASMA CONDITIONS; POLYATOMIC INTERFERENCES; POLYATOMIC ION; SIGNAL RATIOS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FLOW OF GASES; HELIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PLASMA THEORY; SILICATES;

IONS;

EID: 84860289083     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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