Challenges in measuring nanoparticles and microparticles by single particle ICP-QMS and ICP-TOFMS: size-dependent transport efficiency and limited linear dynamic range
Madeleine Lomax-Vogt, Lucas M. Carter, Jonas Wielinski, Stanislav Kutuzov, Gregory V. Lowry, Ryan C. Sullivan, Paolo Gabrielli, John W. Olesik
Abstract
The transport efficiency of microparticles larger than ∼700 nm decreases with size. While SiO 2 particles as large as 5 µm are completely vaporized in the ICP, the ion detection system limited linear dynamic range will often require signal reduction.
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