High-throughput isotope analysis of sub-nanogram sized lead using MC-ICP-MS with on-line thallium doping technique and desolvating nebulizer system

Nickel Isotope Investigation by Mc-icp-ms and Ptims

Introduction: The evidence for the presence of short-lived Fe (decaying into Ni, with the half life of 1.5 Ma) in the early system has recently received considerable attention, both experimentally and theoretically. Evidence for Ni excesses in eucrites, without correlation to Fe/Ni has been obtained by Shukolyukov and Lugmair [1, 2]. Recently, based on ion microprobe studies of phases with very...

Data reduction strategies, uncertainty assessment and resolution of LA–(MC–)ICP–MS isotope data

A Review of Mg Isotope Analytical Methods by MC-ICP-MS

Application of multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) has led to big breakthrough of analytical methods for metal stable isotopes, resulting in rapid progresses in non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry. As a new geological tracer, Mg isotopes have been widely applied in studies of almost all important disciplines of geochemistry. High precision Mg isotope...

An internal normalization technique for unmixing total-spiked mixtures with application to MC-ICP-MS

Isotopic analyses of a total-spiked sample by multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MCICP-MS) are often corrected for mass fractionation by doping the sample with an external tracer element of known isotopic composition and similar mass. However, because of the potential for elemental fractionation on the ICP-MS, internal normalization methods should be used whenever ...

Zinc isotope ratio imaging of rat brain thin sections from stable isotope tracer studies by LA-MC-ICP-MS.

Zinc stable isotope tracers (⁶⁷Zn and ⁷⁰Zn) were injected into rats at two different time points to investigate the feasibility of using tracers to study zinc kinetics at the microscale within distinct tissue features. Laser ablation coupled to multi-collector ICP-MS was used to analyse average isotope ratios in liver thin sections and to generate bio-images showing zinc isotope ratio distribut...