Optimization of ICP-MS Parameters

In the early days of trace element spedation studies using chromatography coupled with ICP-MS, researchers had no choice but to interface their own LC pumps, columns, and autosamplers, etc., to the ICP mass spectrometer, because off-the-shelf systems were not commercially available. However, the analytical objectives of a research project are a little different from the requirements for routine analysis. With a research project, there are fewer time constraints to optimize the chromatography and detection parameters, whereas in a commercial environment, there are often financial penalties if the laboratory cannot be up, running real samples and 

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