Laser ablation-inductively coupled analysis

Becker JS, Pickhardt C, Dietze H-J (2000) Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for the trace, ultratrace and isotope analysis of long-lived radionuclides in solid samples. Inti J Mass Spectrom 202 283-297... 

Poitrasson, X.L., Mao, S.S., Freydier, R., Russo, R.E. 2003. Comparison of ultraviolet femtosecond and nanosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis in glass, monazite, and zircon. Analytical Chemistry, 75, 6184-6190. 

Durrant, S.F. and Ward, N.I. (1993). Rapid multielemental analysis of Chinese reference soils by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry 345 512-517. 

In the museum context, nondestructive (or quasi-nondestructive) techniques such as X-ray fluorescence (XRF) (Chapter 5) are often preferred for the analysis of inorganic objects, although microanalysis by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) (Chapter 9) is growing in importance, since the ablation craters are virtually invisible to the naked eye. Raman and infrared spectroscopy (Chapter 4) are now being used for structural information and the identification of corrosion products to complement X-ray diffraction (Section 5.4). 

Durrant, S. F. and Ward, N. I. (1994). Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for the multielemental analysis of biological materials a feasibility study. Food Chemistry 49 317-323. 

Jeffries, T. E., Pearce, N. J. G., Perkins, W.T., and Raith, A. (1996). Chemical fractionation during infrared and ultraviolet laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry - implications for mineral micro analysis. Analytical Communications 33 35-39. 

Morrison, C. A., Lambert, D. D., Morrison, R. J. S., Ahlers, W. W., and Nicholls, I. A. (1995). Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry an investigation of elemental responses and matrix effects in the analysis of geostandard materials. Chemical Geology 119 13-29. 

Watmough, S. A., Hutchinson, T. C., and Evans, R. D. (1996). Application of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry in dendrochemical analysis. Environmental Science and Technology 31 114-118. 

G. M. Hieftje, Standardless Semiquantitative Analysis of Metals Using Single-Shot Laser Ablation Inductively Couple Plasma Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, Anal. Chem. 2001, 73, 2959. 

Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Ancient Copper Alloy... 

Trace elemental analysis of ancient ceramics has been proven a very useful tool for tracing the circulation of this material. Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) was for years the analytical technique of choice to measure the composition of ceramics because of the large number of elements it could determine and its good sensitivity. Lately, a few publications have shown that laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) could provide similar results as INAA more quickly and at lower cost. A protocol has been developed to determine 51 elements using LA-ICP-MS and tested it on Wari period ceramics previously analyzed using INAA. We show how INAA and LA-ICP-MS analysis lead to the same conclusion in terms of sample groupings. 

The compositions of the ceramic glazes were examined using laser-ablation inductively coupled-mass spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS) at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR). LA-ICP-MS is a surface analysis technique requiring little sample preparation. Because of its small spot size, areas of weathered glaze could be avoided during analysis (24). 

Since the mid-1960s, a variety of analytical chemistry techniques have been used to characterize obsidian sources and artifacts for provenance research (4, 32-36). The most common of these methods include optical emission spectroscopy (OES), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), particle-induced X-ray emission spectroscopy (PIXE), inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), and neutron activation analysis (NAA). When selecting a method of analysis for obsidian, one must consider accuracy, precision, cost, promptness of results, existence of comparative data, and availability. Most of the above-mentioned techniques are capable of determining a number of elements, but some of the methods are more labor-intensive, more destructive, and less precise than others. The two methods with the longest and most successful histoty of success for obsidian provenance research are XRF and NAA. 

Laser Ablation—Inductively Coupled Plasma—Mass Spectrometry Analysis Applied to the Characterization of Peruvian Wari Ceramics... 

Analysis of Historic Latter-day Saint Pottery Glazes by Laser Ablation—Inductively Coupled Plasma—Mass Spectrometry... 

Earlier methods for the determination of uranium in soils employed spectrophotometry of the chromophore produced with arsenic(III) at 655 nm [237 ] and neutron activation analysis [238]. More recently, laser fluorescence [239] and in situ laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry [240] have been employed to determine uranium in soil. D Silva et al. [241] compared the use of hydrogen chloride gas for the remote dissolution of uranium in soil with microwave digestion. 

Wamken, K.W., H. Zhang, and W. Davison. 2004. Analysis of polyacrylamide gels for trace metals using diffusive gradients in thin films and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Anal. Chem. 76 6077-6084. 

Lam, R., Salin, E.D. Analysis of pharmaceutical tablets by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and mass spectrometry (LA ICP AES and LA ICP MS). J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom. 19, 938-940 (2004)... 

This chapter does not cover analytical techniques, and assumes that the reader is at least moderately familiar with the electron microprobe, ion microprobe, and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS), as well as with the distinction between X-ray mapping and spot analysis by electron microprobe. Mineral abbreviations are after Kretz (1983). 

Guo, X. Lichte, F.E. (1995) Analysis of rocks, soils and sediments for the chal-cophile elements by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Analyst 120, 2707-2711. 

Uryu, T, J. Yoshinaga, Y. Yanagisawa, M. Endo, and J. Takahashi. 2003. Analysis of lead in tooth enamel by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Analytical Sciences 19 1413. 

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