A concise guide for the determination of less-studied technology-critical elements (Nb, Ta, Ga, In, Ge, Te) by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in environmental samples

作者：Filella Montserrat^*; Rodushkin Ilia

来源：Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy , 2018, 141: 80-84.

DOI：10.1016/j.sab.2018.01.004

• ICP-MS
• Technology-critical elements

There is an increasing demand for analytical techniques able to measure so-called 'technology-critical elements', a set of chemical elements increasingly used in technological applications, in environmental matrices. Nowadays, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has become the technique of choice for measuring trace element concentrations. However, its application is often less straightforward than often assumed. The hints and drawbacks of ICP-MS application to the measurement of a set of less-studied technology-critical elements (Nb, Ta, Ga, In, Ge and Te) is discussed here and concise guidelines given.

• 出版日期2018-3