Papers in the ICP-MS lab library

and other useful references

Spectra interpretation

• May, T.W. and Wiedmeyer, R.H., 1998, A table of polyatomic interferences in ICP-MS. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 19, no. 5, p. 150-155.
• Hutton, R.C. and Eaton, A.N., 1987, Role of aerosol water vapour loading in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 2, p. 595-598.
• Neubauer, K. and Völlkopf, U., 1999, The benefits of a dynamic reaction cell to remove carbon and chloride-based spectral interferences by ICP-MS. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 20, no. 2, p.64-68.
• Tan, S.H. and Horlick, G., 1986, Background spectral features in inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. Applied Spectroscopy, v. 40, no. 4, p. 445-460.
• Vaughan, M.A. and Horlick, G., 1986, Oxide, hydroxide, and doubly charged analyte species in inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry. Applied Spectroscopy, v. 40, p. 434-445.

Instrumentation and control software

• Bandura, D.R. and Tanner, S.D., 1999, Effect of collisional damping in the dynamic reaction cell on the precision of isotope ratio measurements. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 20, no. 2, p.69-72.
• Beres, S.A., Brückner, P.H. and Denoyer, E.R., 1994, Performance evaluation of a cyclonic spray chamber for ICP-MS. Atomic Spectroscopy, March/April 1994, p. 96-99.
• Bollinger, D.S. and Schleisman, A.J., 1999, Analysis of high purity acids using a dynamic reaction cell ICP-MS. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 20, no. 2, p.60-63.
• Debrah, E. and Légère, G., 199, Improving sensitivity and detection limits in ICP-MS with a novel high-efficiency sample introduction system. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 20, no. 2, p.73-77.
• DeNoyer, E.R., Thomas, R.J. and Cousins, L.M., 1997, A new approach to extending the dynamic range in ICP mass spectrometry. Spectroscopy, v. 12, no. 2, p. 56-61.
• Lam, J.W.H. and Horlick, G., A comparison of argon and mixed gas plasmas for inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta, v. 45B, p. 1313-1325.
• McLean, J.A., Zhang, H. and Montaser, A., 1998, A direct injection high-efficiency nebulizer for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytical chemistry, v. 70, p. 1012-1020.
• Perkin-Elmer/Sciex, circa 1997, Totalquant: the answer to the real question. Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Technical Note TSMS-9.
• Perkin-Elmer/Sciex, circa 1998, Totalquant: the periodic table, painlessly. Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Technical Note TSMS-11.
• Perkin-Elmer/Sciex, 1999, Practical advantages of the Autolens single lens ion optic system. Perkin-Elmer corporation, Technical Note D-6173.
• Perkin-Elmer/Sciex, 1999, True ease of use from the pioneers of ICP-MS technology. Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Technical Note D-5741.
• Tanner, S.D. and Baranov, V.I., 1999, Theory, design, and operation of a dynamic reaction cell for ICP-MS. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 20, no. 2, p. 45-52.
• Thomas, R. and Foster, K., 1994, Relying on ICP-MS for routine analysis. Environmental Lab Magazine, February/March.
• Völlkopf, U. Klemm, K. and Pfluger, M., 1999, The analysis of high purity hydrogen peroxide by dynamic reaction cell ICP-MS. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 20, no. 2, p. 53-59.
• Wolf, R.E. and Denoyer, E.R., 1995, Design and performance criteria for a new ICP-MS for environmental analysis. Atomic Spectroscopy, January/February, p. 22-27.
• Wolf, R.E. and Neubauer, K.R., circa 1999, Investigation of dynamic reaction cell (DRC) technology for low level determination of arsenic and selenium and implications for speciation analysis. Perkin-Elmer Corporation, talk slides.

Analysis of biological materials

• Baker, S.A., Bradshaw, D.K. and Miller-Ihli, N.J., 1999, Trace element determinations in food and biological samples using ICP-MS. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 20, no. 5, p. 167-173.
• Dever, M. Hausler, D.W. and Smith, J.E., circa 1988, Comparison between radio-isotope 51Cr and stable isotope 50Cr labels for the determination of erythrocyte survival. Manuscript.
• Dever, M. Hausler, D.W. and Smith, J.E., circa 1988, The use of ICP-MS to monitor stable isotope abundances in biological fluids: the measurement of 50Cr in blood. Manuscript.
• Entwisle, J., 2004, The determination of mercury in microwave digests of foodstuffs by ICP-MS. American Laboratory, March 2004, p. 11-14.
• Ritsema, R., Dukan, L., Navarro, T.R., van Leeuwen, W., Oliveria, N., Wolfs, P. and Lebret, E., 1998, Speciation of arsenic compounds in urine by LC-ICP-MS. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, v. 12, p. 591-599.
• Nixon, D.E., Butz, J., Eckdahl, S.J. and Burritt, M.F., 2000, Determination of copper and iron in liver tissue using the Elan DRC ICP-MS. Application Note, PerkinElmer Instruments, Inc., 2 p.

Analysis of rocks, minerals, soils, and sediments

• Boomer, D.W. and Powell, M.J., 1987, Determination of uranium in environmental samples using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, v. 59, p. 2810-2813.
• Halicz, L., Erel, Y. and Veron, Alain, 1996, Lead isotope ratio measurements by ICP-MS: accuracy, precision, and long-term drift. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 17, no. 5, p. 186-189.
• Hall, G.E.M., Park, C.J. and Pelchat, J.C., 1987, Determination of tungsten and molybdenum at low levels in geological materials by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 2, p. 189-196.
• Hall, G.E.M and Pelchat, J.C., 1990, Analysis of standard reference materials for Zr, Nb, Hf and Ta by ICP-MS after lithium metaborate fusion and cupferron separation. Geostandards Newsletter, v. 14, no. 1, p. 197-206.
• Jarvis, K.E., 1988, Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: a new technique for the rapid or ultra-trace level determination of the rare-earth elements in geological materials. Chemical Geology, v. 68, p. 31-39.
• Krogh, T.E., 1973, A low-contamination method for hydrothermal decomposition of zircon and extraction of U and Pb for isotopic age determinations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 37, p. 485-494. (Bottom line is 220°C for a week)
• Lichte, F.E., Meier, A.L. and Crock, J.G., 1987, Determination of the rare-earth elements in geological materials by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, April, 1987, p. 1150-1157.
• Longerich, H.P., Fryer, B.J. and Strong, D.F., 1987, Determination of lead isotope ratios by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Spectrochimica Acta, v. 42B, nos. 1-2, p. 39-48.
• May, T.W., Wiedmeyer, R.H., Brumbaugh, W.G. and Schmitt, C.J., 1997, The determination of metals in sediment pore waters and in 1 N HCl-extracted sediments by ICP-MS. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 18, no. 5, p. 133-139.
• McLaren, J.W., Bearchemin, D. and Berman, S.S., 1987, Determination of trace metals in marine sediments by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 2, p. 277-281.
• Parrish, R.R., 1987, An improved micro-capsule for zircon dissolution in U-Pb geochronology. Chemical Geology (Isotope Geosciences Section), v. 66, p. 99-102. (Bottom line is 240-250°C for 30 hours or less)
• Robinson, P., Higgins, N.C. and Jenner, G.A., 1986, Determination of rare-earth elements, yttrium and scandium in rocks by an ion exchange-X-ray fluorescence technique. Chemical Geology, v. 55, p. 121-137.
• Yu, Z., Robinson, P., Townsend, A.T., Münker, C., and Crawford, A.J., 1999, Determination of high field strength elements, Rb, Sr, Mo, Sb, Cs, T., and Bi at ng g-1 levels in geological reference matrials by magnetic sector ICP-MS after HF-HClO4 high pressure digestion. Geostandards Newsletter, v. 24, no. 1, p. 39-50.
• Yu, Zongshou, Robinson, P. and McGoldrick, P., 2001, An evaluation of methods for the chemical decomposition of geological materials for trace element determination using ICP-MS. Geostandards Newsletter, v. 25, no. 2-3, p. 199-217.

Analysis of Water

• Garbarino, J.R. and Taylor, H.E., 1987, Stable isotope dilution analysis of hydrologic samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, v. 59, p. 1568-1575.
• Henshaw, J.M., Heithmar, E.M. and Hinners, T.A., 1989, Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric determinations of trace elements in surface waters subject to acidic deposition. Analytical Chemistry, v. 61, p. 335-342.
• McLaren, J.W., Beauchemin, D. and Berman, S.S., 1987, Application of isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to the analysis of marine sediments. Analytical Chemistry, v. 59, p. 610-613.
• Neubauer, K.R. and Wolf, R.E., 2000, Determination of arsenic in chloride matricies: Applications Note, PerkinElmer Inc., 4 p.
• Perkin Elmer, 1995, EPA method 200.8 for the analysis of drinking waters. Perkin Elmer Corporation, Application Note ENVA-300.
• Stroh, A., 1992, Analysis of rare earth elements in natural waters by ICP-MS. Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 13, no. 3, p. 89-92.

Analysis of other things and analytical concepts

• Bakowska, Elzbieta, Harrsch, P.B. and Gluodenis, T.J.Jr., ????, Analysis of gunshot residue by ICP-MS. Manuscript copy, no publication available. Authors are Agilent Technologies staff, a company named in 1999.
• B'Hymer, C., Brisbin, J.A., Sutton, K.L. and Caruso, J.A., 2000, New approaches for elemental speciation using plasma mass spectrometry. American Laboratory, v. 32, no. 3, p. 17-39.
• Beck, G.L. and Farmer, O.T., 1988, Applications of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to the production control of aerospace and nuclear materials. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 3, p. 771-773.
• Becker, J.S., Dietze, H., McLean, J.A. and Montaser, A., 1999, Ultratrace and isotope analysis of long-lived radionuclides by inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry using a direct injection high efficiency nebulizer. Analytical Chemistry, v. 71, p. 3077-3084.
• Benson, R.E., 1991, An inorganic leaching study [of containers]. American Laboratory, v. 23, no. 5, p. 36-37.
• Cheatham, M.M., Sangrey, W.F. and White, W.M., 1993, Sources of error in external calibration ICP-MS analysis of geological samples and an improved non-linear drift correction procedure. Spectrochimica Acta, v. 48B, p. E487-E506.
• Heraeus, W.C., Demant, Udo, Halwachs, W. Patzelt, P. and Zimmermann, M., 1996, Veerfahren zur elektrolytischen Gewinnung von Platinmetallen aus den Lösungen iher Chloroverbindung. Fur die Beurteilung der Patentfähigkeit in Betracht gezogene Druckschriften, DD-PS 139605, EP 0249319B1.
• Hewlett Packard, 1999, A survey of ICP-MS applications in the forensic sciences. Hewlett Packard technical presentation, copy of slides.
• Jiang, S-J, Houk, r.S. and Stevens, M.A., 1988, Alleviation of overlap interferences for determination of potassium isotope ratios by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, v. 60, p. 1217-1221.
• Luck, J.H., ????, Trace analysis of ultrapure materials using ICP-MS. Spectroscopy International, v. 1, no. 1, p. 41-44.
• MacDonald, B.S., 1989, Alternative calibration process for instrumental analysis. American Laboratory, December 1989, p. 46-55.
• Thomsen, M., Simpson, L, Alloway, B., and Carter, J., 2000(?), A reaction mechanism for solving the oxide problem in ICP-mass spectrometry: Slide presentation at an unknown symposium. Note: in geological samples potentially useful for removal of refractory metal oxide interferences from platinum group metals. Basic idea involves oxygen as a DRC gas.
• Thompson, J.J. and Houk, R.S., 1987, A study of internal standardization in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Applied Spectroscopy, v. 41, no. 5, p. 801-806.
• Wolf, R. and Grosser, Z.A., 1997, Method development strategies for ICP-MS. American Environmental Laboratory, February, 1997.

Standards

• Church, S.E., 1981, Multi-element analysis of fifty-four geochemical reference samples using inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. Geostandards Newsletter, v. 5, no. 2, p. 133-160.
• Gladney, E.S. and Bower, N.W., 1985, Determination of elemental composition of NBS-278 and NBS-688 via neutron activation and X-ray fluorescence. Geostandards Newsletter, v. 9, no. 2, p. 261-262.
• Govindaraju, K., 1989, Working values for 272 reference samples. Geostandards Newsletter, v. 13, July, 1989.
• Govindaraju, K., 1994, 1994 compilation of working values and sample description for 383 geostandards. Geostandards Newsletter, v. 18, Special Issue, p. 1-158.
• Jarvis, I. and Jarvis, K.E., 1985, Rare-earth element geochemistry of standard sediments: a study using inductively coupled plasma spectrometry. Chemical Geology, v. 53, p. 335-344.
• Korotev, R.L., 1987, National Bureau of Standards coal fly ash (SRM 1633a) as a multielement standard for instrumental neutron activation analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles, v. 110, no. 1, p. 159-177.
• Potts, P.J., Thorpe, O.W. and Watson, J.S., 1981, Determination of the rare-earth element abundances in 29 international rock standards by instrumental neutron activation analysis: a critical appraisal of calibration errors. Chemical Geology, v. 34, p. 331-352.

Lab safety

• Muriale, L., Lee, E., Genovese, J., and Trend, S., 1996, Fatality due to acute fluoride poisoning following dermal contact with hydrofluoric acid in a palynology laboratory. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, v. 40, p. 705-710.

Other references, not in the lab

• The PerkinElmer ICP-MS web site has some applications notes and other documents available, and some journal articles on line.
• Holland, G. and Tanner, S.D., 1999, Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry: New Developments and Applications. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 299 p.
• Date, A.R. and Gray, A.L., Editors, 1989, Applications of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Chapman and Hall, New York. (Collections, Union College Library)
• Boumans, P.W.J.M., Editor, 1987, Inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy. Wiley, New York. (Collections, Union College Library)
• Thompson, M.J. and Walsh, N., 1989, Handbook of inductively coupled plasma spectrometry. Chapman and Hall, New York (Collections, Union College Library)