Practical Guide to ICP-MS (PDF)

The easy-to-read guide the trace element community has been waiting for, this reference acquaints novices with the fundamental principles, analytical advantages, practical capabilities, and overall benefits of ICP-MS-presenting the most common application areas of ICP-MS such as the environmental, semiconductor, geochemical, clinical, nuclear, food, metallurgical, and petrochemical industries.





Presents key concepts and guidelines in a practical, reader-friendly format that is superb for researchers and senior management with limited knowledge of the technique.





Written by a field insider with more than 20 years of experience in the development and application of atomic spectroscopy instrumentation, the Practical Guide to ICP-MS



* describes the fundamental principles of the technique in a way that is easy to understand

* discusses the major sample preparation, contamination, and routine maintenance issues associated with the technique

* compares ICP-MS to other trace element techniques in terms of detection capability, dynamic range, interferences, accuracy, precision, sample throughput, speed of analysis, operator skill level, and running costs

* enables novices to weigh the benefits of ICP-MS against more familiar atomic spectroscopy instrumentation methods

* highlights ways in which ICP-MS is applied in the real-world

* presents the most important selection criteria when evaluating commercial ICP-MS equipment