Speciation analysis by small-bore HPLC coupled to ICP-MS

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-106

  Grotti, M ^a   Terol, A ^a   Todoli J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

High performance liquid chromatography; HPLC; ICP MS; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Micro bore; Nano bore; Narrow bore; Small bore; Speciation; UHPLC

Indexed keywords

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISPERSIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATIONS; ELEMENTAL SPECIATION; HPLC; ICP-MS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED MASS SPECTROMETRIES; IONIZATION EFFICIENCY; SPECIATION; UHPLC;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; DIRECT INJECTION NEBULIZER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRONEBULIZER; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84907026922     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.06.009     Document Type: Review

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