Atomic Spectrometry Update. Atomic Mass Spectrometry

The review this year is dominated by the large number of publications on AMS, ICP-MS and SIMS. The increasing number of new AMS installations bears witness to the increasing interest in the technique now that smaller and simpler systems are becoming more widely available. Although high- energy syste...

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Main Authors: Bacon, J., Linge, Kathryn, Parrish, R., Van Vaeck, L.
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42243
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author Bacon, J.
Linge, Kathryn
Parrish, R.
Van Vaeck, L.
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Parrish, R.
Van Vaeck, L.
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description The review this year is dominated by the large number of publications on AMS, ICP-MS and SIMS. The increasing number of new AMS installations bears witness to the increasing interest in the technique now that smaller and simpler systems are becoming more widely available. Although high- energy systems still have an important role to play, each of the new systems was compact and of relatively low- energy. The development of ion sources that can accept gaseous samples has lowered the sample size requirement for radiocarbon analysis such that it is now little more than the background level. Contamination therefore has become a major issue. The numerous papers on improvements to SIMS analysis demonstrate the important role the technique plays in materials science. Unlike for most of the techniques covered, fundamental studies on SIMS analysis abound with particular attention being paid to understanding the ionization processes and the representativeness of the measured ion beam. Quantum chemistry calculations have been used to determine the fundamental processes occurring in cell ICP- MS. This approach contrasted with the empirical studies that are normally undertaken. Although many applications are still being published using collision and/ or reaction cell ICP- MS, there were fewer novel or fundamental studies than in previous years. This suggests that cell ICP-MS is becoming a more routine method of analysis. The same can probably also be said of hyphenated ICP- MS methods for speciation, which continues to grow in importance but which is very much at the applied end of the spectrum. Speciation is notable in that it cuts across a number of MS techniques and conventional organic MS techniques are increasingly being investigated for structure determination of organometallic species. Each year seems to find further expansion of MC- ICP-MS into 'non-traditional' isotope analysis. This was the year for Ti isotope analysis.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-422432019-01-21T08:19:31Z Atomic Spectrometry Update. Atomic Mass Spectrometry Bacon, J. Linge, Kathryn Parrish, R. Van Vaeck, L. GLOW-DISCHARGE MC-ICP-MS HIGH-PRECISION DETERMINATION ISOTOPE RATIO DETERMINATION C-14 AMS FACILITY INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY GAS ION-SOURCE LASER-ABLATION PROCESS SAMPLE INTRODUCTION SYSTEM The review this year is dominated by the large number of publications on AMS, ICP-MS and SIMS. The increasing number of new AMS installations bears witness to the increasing interest in the technique now that smaller and simpler systems are becoming more widely available. Although high- energy systems still have an important role to play, each of the new systems was compact and of relatively low- energy. The development of ion sources that can accept gaseous samples has lowered the sample size requirement for radiocarbon analysis such that it is now little more than the background level. Contamination therefore has become a major issue. The numerous papers on improvements to SIMS analysis demonstrate the important role the technique plays in materials science. Unlike for most of the techniques covered, fundamental studies on SIMS analysis abound with particular attention being paid to understanding the ionization processes and the representativeness of the measured ion beam. Quantum chemistry calculations have been used to determine the fundamental processes occurring in cell ICP- MS. This approach contrasted with the empirical studies that are normally undertaken. Although many applications are still being published using collision and/ or reaction cell ICP- MS, there were fewer novel or fundamental studies than in previous years. This suggests that cell ICP-MS is becoming a more routine method of analysis. The same can probably also be said of hyphenated ICP- MS methods for speciation, which continues to grow in importance but which is very much at the applied end of the spectrum. Speciation is notable in that it cuts across a number of MS techniques and conventional organic MS techniques are increasingly being investigated for structure determination of organometallic species. Each year seems to find further expansion of MC- ICP-MS into 'non-traditional' isotope analysis. This was the year for Ti isotope analysis. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42243 10.1039/b808563n Royal Society of Chemistry fulltext
spellingShingle GLOW-DISCHARGE
MC-ICP-MS
HIGH-PRECISION DETERMINATION
ISOTOPE RATIO DETERMINATION
C-14 AMS FACILITY
INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA
LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY
GAS ION-SOURCE
LASER-ABLATION PROCESS
SAMPLE INTRODUCTION SYSTEM
Bacon, J.
Linge, Kathryn
Parrish, R.
Van Vaeck, L.
Atomic Spectrometry Update. Atomic Mass Spectrometry
title Atomic Spectrometry Update. Atomic Mass Spectrometry
title_full Atomic Spectrometry Update. Atomic Mass Spectrometry
title_fullStr Atomic Spectrometry Update. Atomic Mass Spectrometry
title_full_unstemmed Atomic Spectrometry Update. Atomic Mass Spectrometry
title_short Atomic Spectrometry Update. Atomic Mass Spectrometry
title_sort atomic spectrometry update. atomic mass spectrometry
topic GLOW-DISCHARGE
MC-ICP-MS
HIGH-PRECISION DETERMINATION
ISOTOPE RATIO DETERMINATION
C-14 AMS FACILITY
INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA
LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY
GAS ION-SOURCE
LASER-ABLATION PROCESS
SAMPLE INTRODUCTION SYSTEM
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42243