Performance and optimisation of triple quadrupole ICP-MS for accurate measurement of uranium isotopic ratios
Patric Lindahl, Grzegorz Olszewski, Mats Eriksson
Abstract
This study presents improved accuracy and precision in ICP-MS/MS analyses of uranium isotopic ratios by correcting for the instrumental drift in the mass calibration of the first and second mass filters.
Topics & Concepts
UraniumInductively coupled plasma mass spectrometryCalibrationQuadrupoleAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Accuracy and precisionChemistryIsotopes of uraniumTriple quadrupole mass spectrometerMass spectrometryMaterials scienceEnvironmental chemistrySelected reaction monitoringChromatographyPhysicsMetallurgyAtomic physicsTandem mass spectrometryQuantum mechanicsRadioactive contamination and transferRadioactive element chemistry and processingRadioactivity and Radon Measurements