Résumé :
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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
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