HIGH-SENSITIVITY MICROWAVE-INDUCED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR TRACE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS

被引:80
作者
OKAMOTO, Y
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University, Kawagoe
关键词
MICROWAVE-INDUCED ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE NITROGEN PLASMA; MICROWAVE-INDUCED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; OKAMOTO CAVITY; TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;
D O I
10.1039/ja9940900745
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A high power (less-than-or-equal-to 1.5 kW, 2.45 GHz) atmospheric pressure nitrogen microwave-induced plasma mass spectrometer is described for trace element analysis. The plasma, which has an annular shape, was produced by an 'Okamoto cavity' operated in a surface-wave mode. The background mass spectrum was dominated by (NO+)-N-30, N-14+ and O-16+, and argon related ions such as Ar-39+, Ar-40+, (ArC+)-Ar-52, (ArO+)-Ar-56 and Ar-80(2+), were not observed. Preliminary detection limits for K-39+, Ca-40+, Cr-52+ and Fe-56+ obtained directly were less than 5 ppt, which are lower than those for argon inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytical curves for the elements of interest were linear over five orders of magnitude of concentration.
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页码:745 / 749
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