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Published on: May 22, 2015
Alternative approach to post column online isotope dilution ICP-MS
Claudia Swart1, Olaf Rienitz, Detlef Schiel
1Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Metrologie in der Chemie, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany. Claudia.Swart@ptb.de
Abstract:
An alternative post column online double isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ID-ICP-MS) method was developed. The resulting equation allows a straightforward calculation of the mass concentration of the analyte in the sample from the measured isotope ratio chromatogram. The use of a balance to determine and monitor the mass flow of the spike and a solution of the species under investigation as the reference are the two core components of this new method. Changes in the viscosity of the system eluent-analyte-spike will not affect the results due to the direct determination of the mass flow rate. The use of the species under investigation as the reference makes the method independent of the injected volume. To simplify matters, the integration of the isotope ratio chromatogram was done with Excel using Simpson's rule instead of sophisticated programs for transformation and integration. The advantages of the new approach were demonstrated with the help of the determination of selenomethionine in the selenized yeast reference material SELM-1 with liquid chromatography coupled to ICP-MS (HPLC ID-ICP-MS) applying the new online double IDMS method.
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