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Standard Operating Procedure for the determination of trace elements in hydrothermal fluids by Inductively Coupled
Monica Correggia1, Luciano Di Iorio1, Alessia Benedicta Bastianoni1
1Department of Biology, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Campania, Italy.
Abstract:
This standard operating procedure (SOP) validates an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) procedure for the determination of trace elements in hydrothermal fluids. Hydrothermal fluids are aqueous solutions with a wide range of temperature, salinity, pH and trace elements that can be used by a set of microbial proteins containing redox-sensitive transition metals as their catalytic core. Due to the high variability of these samples, we have developed this protocol taking into account the special features of the matrices analyzed. An ICP-MS 7900 Agilent system was used. Calibration curves are linear in the 0.01 to 100 μg/L concentration range.
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