Accurate determination of elements in silicate glass by nanosecond and femtosecond laser ablation ICP-MS at high spatial resolution

Chemical Geology

Volumn 400, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-23

  Li, Zhen ^a   Hu, Zhaochu ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Gao, Shan ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Zong, Keqing ^a   Chen, Haihong ^a   Hu, Shenghong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Elemental fractionation; High spatial resolution analysis; LA ICP MS; Mass load effect; Matrix effect; Silicate materials

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CALIBRATION; GLASS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SILICATES; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ELEMENTAL FRACTIONATION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LA-ICP-MS; MASS LOAD; MATRIX EFFECTS; SILICATE MATERIAL;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

FRACTIONATION; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; SILICATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 84923083542     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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