A practical guide to ICP-MS, providing an overview of the wide range of applications covering everything from geochronological dating to ecotoxicology and biomedical applications.
Edited by a very well-known and respected scientist in the field, this excellent practical guide is the first to cover the fundamentals and a wide range of applications, as well as showing readers how to efficiently use this increasingly important technique.
A must-have guide for newcomers as well as established scientists seeking an overview of ICP-MS.
Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
1 The Isotopic Composition of the Elements
2 Single-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
3 Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
4 Advances in Laser Ablation-Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
5 Correction of Instrumental Mass Discrimination for Isotope Ratio Determination with Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
6 Reference Materials in Isotopic Analysis
7 Quality Control in Isotope Ratio Applications
8 Determination of Trace Elements and Elemental Species Using Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
9 Geochronological Dating
10 Application of Multiple-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry to Isotopic Analysis in Cosmochemistry
11 Establishing the Basis for Using Stable Isotope Ratios of Metals as Paleoredox Proxies
12 Isotopes as Tracers of Elements Across the Geosphere-Biosphere Interface
13 Archeometric Applications
14 Forensic Applications
15 Nuclear Applications
16 The Use of Stable Isotope Techniques for Studying Mineral and Trace Element Metabolism in Humans
17 Isotopic Analysis via Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry in Elemental Speciation