The matrix effect on 238U and 232Th measurements using pressed powder pellets by LA-ICP-MS

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 375-385

  Ito, Kazumi ^a   Hasebe, Noriko ^a   Hasebe, Akihiro ^a   Arai, Shoji ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GSJ standard powder; LA ICP MS; Matrix effect; NIST standard glass; U and Th

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLASS; GRAIN SIZE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 84872723972     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0132     Document Type: Article

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