High Sensitivity, Fast Scanning, Sector Field ICP-MS – Improving Sensitivity for Laser Ablation with the Jet Interface

LA-ICP-MS Smart Notes LA-ICP-MS for U-(Th)-Pb geochronology: Which analytical capability is right for my laboratory? One of the most important dating techniques available in geosciences is U-(Th)-Pb dating by LA-ICP-MS. It exploits the natural decay of radioactive U and Th…

TECHNICAL NOTE 30415 Laser ablation split stream (LASS) between three ICP-MS for zircon petrochronology Authors G. Craig,1 D. A. Frick,2 C. Bouman,1 N. Lloyd,1 F. von Blanckenburg,² and J. B. Schwieters1 Goal To evaluate the effectiveness of laser ablation split…

TECHNICAL NOTE No. 30654 Optimizing methodologies for Hf and U-Pb analysis of zircons by MC-ICP-MS using ultrafast laser ablation technology Authors: G. Craig1, R. Hutchinson2, D. N. Douglas2, C. O’Connor2, M. P. Field3 and N. S. Lloyd1 1 Thermo Fisher…

N.S. Lloyd, T. Lindemann, and C. Bouman, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bremen, Germany C.M. Fisher, School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA Ap plica t ion Note 3 0 298 Laser Ablation Split Stream (“LASS”) between High Sensitivity…