Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is one of the most successful direct solid sampling techniques for major, minor and trace element analysis. However, this technique still suffers from matrix dependent ablation characteristics, which makes quantification very difficult. Furthermore, the laser sampled material alters its composition from the sample to the de...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION CONTENTS 1.1 Forensic Science Investigations 1.2 Forensic Science Analysis 2 1.3 Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry 7 1.4 The Aims of This Investigation 8 2 INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY 10 2 .l Introduction 2.2 The Inductively Coupled Plasma 2.3 Instrumentation Used in This Study 2.3.1 Radio Frequency Generator 2.3....

Article history: Received 16 November 2012 Received in revised form 16 February 2013 Accepted 19 February 2013 Available online 5 March 2013

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