Isotope fractionation during ion beam formation in multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-132

  Kivel, Niko ^a,b   Günther Leopold, Ines ^a   Vanhaecke, Frank ^b   Günther, Detlef ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ion implantation; Laser ablation; Mass discrimination; MC ICP MS; Space charge effect

Indexed keywords

COULOMBIC REPULSION; ION EXTRACTION; ION-BEAM FORMATION; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS DISCRIMINATION; MC-ICP-MS; MULTI-COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SIGNAL-TO-BACKGROUND RATIO; SPACE CHARGE EFFECTS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION BEAMS; ION IMPLANTATION; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 84867404166     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2012.06.045     Document Type: Article

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