Trace laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma

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... 

Jarvis, K. E. and Williams, J. G. (1993). Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) a rapid technique for the direct, quantitative determination of major, trace and rare-earth elements in geological samples. Chemical Geology 106 251—262. 

Watmough, S.A., Hutchinson, T. C., and Evans, R. D. (1998). Development of solid calibration standards for trace elemental analyses of tree rings by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Environmental Science and Technology 32 2185-2190. 

The main purpose of this work is to determine the IPGE contents of chromites from mantle podiform chromitites, from crustal stratiform chromitites and from various types of lavas. The analyses have been carried out by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-ICPMS) which allows in-sltu determination of trace elements in chromite. 

The distributions of trace elements between minerals and within a suite of related rocks provide powerful tools for constraining the origin and history of rocks and meteorites. Trace-element abundances for rocks typically are part of the data set collected when determining bulk compositions. Trace element compositions of minerals require more powerful techniques such as the ion microprobe or the laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICPMS). 

R Keenan, M. Cooke, and J. Appleton, Trace Element Profiting of Dental Tissues Using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 1996, 354.254.]... 

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. 

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. 

Barba and his colleagues sampled the three outcrops of limestone to determine their distinctive signatures. This information was compared to lumps of calcium carbonate found in the finished plaster in the city. The group of scientists used several different techniques to examine the samples. The major element composition of the geological samples was determined by XRF. The major element composition of the lumps was determined by SEM-EDS. Trace element composition was determined by LA-ICP-MS (laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) to measure the elemental composition of the plaster and the limestone. This methodology is well suited for analyses of very small lumps with microscopic spot sizes. The LA-ICP-MS method is able to analyze a large number of trace and rare earth elements with speed, precision, and high resolution, especially in cases where the major chemical composition does not appear to be particularly distinctive. The instrument worked extremely well for the characterization and determination of the provenance of the Ume plaster source material. 

Kang, Daniel, D. Amarasiriwardena, and Alan H. Goodman. 2004. Application of laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to investigate trace metal spatial distributions in human tooth enamel and dentine growth layers and pulp. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 378 1608-1615. 

N. W. 2003. Determination of intratest variability of trace elements in foraminifera by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4, 8408. 

In this paper, we present a procedure for the direct quantification of metal concentrations on PMio filters using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). This technique combines the high sensitivity of ICP-MS direct solid sampling by laser ablation (Durrant 1999 Gunther and Hattendorf 2005). LA-ICP-MS has previously been used for the determination of trace element and their distribution in airborne particulate matter collected on... 

Yang L, Sturgeon RE, Mester Z (2005) (Juantitation of trace metals in liquid samples by dried-droplet laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Anal Chem... 

D. B. Aeschliman, S. J. Bajic, J. Stanley, D. Baldwin, and R. S. Houk, Multivariate pattern matching of trace elements in solids by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry source attribution and preliminary diagnosis of fractionation, Anal. Chem. 76, 3119-3125 (2004). 

Laser-ablation, inductively coupled-plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) is an instrumental technique in which a laser-ablahon cell and ophcal microscope supplant the spray chamber/nebulizer apparatus of a standard ICP-MS instrument. Subsamples of questioned material are ablated from a solid sample via laser (often a pulsed Nd-YAG tuned to 266 or 213 nm). Ablated specimens are transported in a stream of Ar to a plasma torch for ionization and mass discrimination as per solution ICP-MS. Only minimal sample prep is required, and few restrictions are placed on the nature of questioned solid samples (Brundle et al. 1992 Vickerman 1998). While laser spot sizes can be reduced to several micrometers, sensitivity is degraded as a result, and usual spatial resolutions are on the order of 10-100 pm. Matrix-matched standards are also necessary for accurate trace-element and isotopic quantitative analyses in LA-ICPMS. Depending on the quality of such primary standards, LA-ICPMS accuracies are typically 1-10%, with limits-of-detection in the parts-per-billion (ppb) range (O Table 62.1). 

Devos, W, Senn-Luder, M., Moor, C., Salter, C. (2000) Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for spatially resolved trace analysis of early-medieval archaeological iron finds Fresenius . Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 366(8), 873-880. 

A wish list of the main requisites that a technique should fulfill for its use in elemental archaeological research would certainly include the following aspects (1) nondestructive or minimally destructive nature (2) minimal sample preparation, regardless of the type of sample targeted (3) potential to achieve simultaneous multielemental data for major, minor, and trace elements in a straightforward way (4) capabilities for isotopic analysis and (5) potential to provide spatially resolved information, laterally, and in depth. Nowadays, the technique that complies with all of these requirements to the largest extent is laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS). 

Pereira, C.E.B., Miekeley, N., Poupeau, G., Kuchler, I.L. (2001) Determination of minor and trace elements in obsidian rock samples and archaeological artifacts by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry using synthetic obsidian standards. Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 56,1927-1940. 

Green, R.L., Watling, R.J. (2007) Trace element fingerprinting of Australian ocher nsing laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for the provenance establishment and authentication of indigenous art. Journal of Forensic Science, 52,851-859. 

Deconinck, I., Latkoczy, C., Gunther, D., Govaert, R, Vanhaecke, F. (2006) Capabilities of laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for (trace) element analysis of car paints for forensic purposes. 

Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) has become increasingly important for the direct and fast multi-element trace analysis of compact and powdered solid samples over the last two decades. Moreover, LA-ICP-MS also allows spatially resolved analysis with good lateral resolution [37,... 

Perez-Arantegui, J., Resano, M., Garcia-Ruiz, E., Vanhaecke, F., Roldan, C., Ferrero, )., and Coll, J. (2008) Characterization of cobalt pigments found in traditional Valendan ceramics by means of laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Talanta, 74, 1271-1280. Ulrich, A., Moor, C., Vonmont, H., Jordi, H.R., and Lory, M. (2004) ICP-MS trace-element analysis as a forensic tool. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 378, 1059-1068. 

Allen, L., St, G., Myers, D. P., and Brushwyler, K. (1998).Trace elemental analysis of metals by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Phys. Status SoUdiA 167(2), 357. 

Baker, S. A., Smith, B.W., and Winefordner, J. D. (1997). Determination of trace amount of lead in natural waterby isotope dilution -inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Investigation of light scattering for normalization of signals in laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Ami. Sci. Int.J.Jpn. Soc.Anal. Chein. 52(1), 7. 

Crain, J. S., and Gallimore, D. L. (1992). Determination of trace impurities in uranium oxides by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.J./lna/./lt. Spectrom. 7(4), 605-610. 

Fuge, R., Palmer,T.J., Pearce, N.J. G., and Perkins,W.T. (1993). Minor and trace element chemistry of modem shells A laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry study. Appl. Geochem. 8(3), 111—116. 

Kogan, V. V, Hinds, M. W., and Ramendik, G. I. (1994). The direct determination of trace metals in gold and silver materials by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry without matrix matched standards. Spectrochim. Acta, Part B 49B(4), 333. 

Marshall,]., Franks,]., Abell, 1., andTye, C. (1991). Determination of trace elements in solid plastic materials by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.J./l a/. At. Spectrom. 6(2), 145-151. 

Mohamad Ghazi, A., McCandless,T. E.,Vanko, D. A., and Ruiz,J. (1996). New quantitative approach in trace elemental analysis of single fluid inclusions Applications of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS).J. a/. y4t. Spectrom. 11(9), 667. 

Norman, M. D., Griffin,W. L., Pearson, N. J., and Garcia, M. O. (1998). Quantitative analysis of trace element abundances in glasses and minerals a comparison of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, solution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, proton microprobe and electron microprobe data. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 13(5), 477. 

Outridge, P. M., Doherty, W., and Gregoire, D. C. (1997). Determination of trace elemental signatures in placer gold by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry as a potential aid for gold.J. Geochem. Explor. 60(3), 229. 

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