Species-specific stable isotope analysis by the hyphenation of chromatographic techniques with MC-ICPMS

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 504-521

  Rodríguez González, Pablo ^a   Epov, Vladimir N ^b   Pecheyran, Christophe ^b   Amouroux, David ^b   Donard, Olivier F X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

chromatography; elemental species; MC ICPMS; on line hyphenation

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPES; ELEMENTAL SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC STUDY; MC-ICP-MS; ON-LINE HYPHENATION; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; REDUCTION STRATEGY; SAMPLE INTRODUCTION; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT SIGNAL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; ISOTOPES;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84862578111     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20352     Document Type: Review

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