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The analysis of high-purity noble metals and their salts by ICP-MS
1Mintek, Randburg 2125, South Africa.
Abstract:
Ongoing work is being carried out at Mintek to establish methods for the determination of trace levels of impurities in high-purity noble metals and their salts. The sample-preparation methods are outlined, and the optimum instrumental parameters that were established are tabulated. Spectral interferences arising from the presence of a matrix element at high concentration levels, including abundance sensitivity overlap and the formation of noble-metal oxides, are discussed. Accuracy was established by the comparison of the results with those obtained by a DC-arc method, and by spike recovery tests. The precision of measurement was found to vary from 0.72 to 49% S(r) for concentrations of between 15 and 0.5 gmg/g, respectively.
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