Major and trace element analysis of silicate rocks by XRF and laser ablation ICP-MS using lithium borate fused glasses: Matrix effects, instrument response and results for international reference materials

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-89

  Yu, Zongshou ^a,c   Norman, Marc D ^a,b   Robinson, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flux fused glasses; Geological materials; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Laser sampling; Mass response; Matrix effects; Matrix matching; Trace element analysis; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864349038     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2003.tb00713.x     Document Type: Article

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