The mineral ilmenite is analysed by LA-ICP-MS for elemental and U–Pb isotopic compositions. A methodology presented accurate results using the rutile ages basaltic reference materials major trace elements.

Abstract. The ability to constrain the age of calcite formation is great utility Earth science community, due ubiquity across a wide spectrum geological systems. Here, we present first in situ laser ablation inductively coupled tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS/MS) Lu–Hf ages for calcite, demonstrating geologically meaningful iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) and skarn mineralisation, ...

v Chapter 1. General Introduction 1 Historical Perspectives 1 Fundamental Aspects of ICP-MS 2 ICP-MS Instrumentation 3 Blank Purity in ICP-MS 4 Previous EMLC Experiments 6 Matrix Effects in ICP-MS 7 Flow Injection in ICP-MS 9 Shielded Torch in ICP-MS 10 Dissertation Objectives and Organization 11 Figures 12 References 27 Chapter 2. Electrochemically-Modulated Liquid Chromatography for Cleaning ...

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a suitable tool for multi-element analysis at low concentration levels. Rare earth element (REE) determinations in standard reference materials and small volumes of molten ice core samples from Antarctica have been performed with an ICP-time of flight-MS (ICP-TOF-MS) system. Recovery rates for REE in e.g. SPS-SW1 amounted to approximately...

The source of signal variations that governs the analytical performance of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was investigated in this study. In order to specify the source of signal variations of LA-ICP-MS, laser-induced plasma (LIP) Fe emission, LA-ICP-MS Fe+ and LA-ICP-MS Ni+ signals were used as internal standards for the determination of trace elements ...