Inductively coupled plasma mass particle distribution

Guillong M, Gunther D (2002) Effect of particle size distribution on ICP-induced elemental fractionation in laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. J Anal At Spectrom 7 831-837 Gunther D (2002) Laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 372 31-32... 

Beckett described inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) as an off-line detector for FFF which could be applied to collected fractions [ 149]. This detector is so sensitive that even trace elements can be detected making it very useful for the analysis of environmental samples where the particle size distribution can be determined together with the amount of different ele-ments/pollutants, etc. in the various fractions. In case of copolymers, ICP-MS detection coupled to Th-FFF was suggested to yield the ratio of the different monomers as a function of the molar mass. In several works, the ICP-MS detector was coupled on-line to FFF [150,151]. This on-line coupling proved very useful for detecting changes in the chemical composition of mixtures, in the described case of the clay minerals kaolinite and illite as natural suspended colloidal matter. 

Alsenz H, Zereini F, Wiseman C, Piittmann W (2009) Determination of palladium in airborne particulate matter using isotope dilution-quadrupole-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ID-Q-ICP-MS) with helium as a collision gas after reductive co-precipitation with mercury. Anal Bioanal Chem 395 1919-1927 Alt F, Bambauer A, Hoppstock K, Mergler B, Tdlg G (1993) Platinum traces in airborne particulate matter. Determination of whole content, particle size distribution and soluble platinum. Fresenius J Anal Chem 346 693-696... 

Jeong, S. H., Borisov, O.V.,Yoo,J. H., Mao, X. L., and Russo, R. E. (1999). Effects of particle size distribution on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry signal intensity during laser ablation of glass samples. Anal. Chem. 71(22), 5123. 

The main purpose of the detector in a field-flow fractionation (FFF) system is to quantitatively determine particle number, volume, or mass concentrations in the FFF size-sorted fractions. Consequently, a number, volume, or mass dependent size distribution of the sample can be derived from detection systems applied to FFF [e.g., (UV-Vis) fluorescence, refractive index, inductively coupled plasma ionization mass spectrometry (ICPMS)]. Further, on-line light scattering detectors can provide additional size and molecular weight distributions of the sample. 

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