Comparison of sp-ICP-MS and MDG-ICP-MS for the determination of particle number concentration

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 407, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4035-4044

  Gschwind, Sabrina ^a   Aja Montes, Maria de Lourdes ^b   Günther, Detlef ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Microdroplet generation; Nanoparticle; Particle number concentration; sp ICP MS

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOPARTICLES; ICP-MS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); MICRO DROPLETS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PNEUMATIC NEBULIZATION; SP-ICP-MS; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 85075506722     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-8620-7     Document Type: Article

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