Article ; Online: Transient signal isotope analysis: validation of the method for isotope signal synchronization with the determination of amplifier first-order time constants.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM
2015 Volume 29, Issue 18, Page(s) 1617–1622
Abstract: Rationale: During transient signal acquisition by Multi-Collection Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICPMS), an isotope ratio increase or decrease (isotopic drift hereafter) is often observed which is related to the different time ... ...
| Abstract | Rationale: During transient signal acquisition by Multi-Collection Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICPMS), an isotope ratio increase or decrease (isotopic drift hereafter) is often observed which is related to the different time responses of the amplifiers involved in multi-collection. This isotopic drift affects the quality of the isotopic data and, in a recent study, a method of internal amplifier signal synchronization for isotope drift correction was proposed. In this work the determination of the amplifier time constants was investigated in order to validate the method of internal amplifier signal synchronization for isotope ratio drift correction. Methods: Two different MC-ICPMS instruments, the Neptune and the Neptune Plus, were used, and both the lead transient signals and the signal decay curves of the amplifiers were investigated. Results: Our results show that the first part of the amplifier signal decay curve is characterized by a pure exponential decay. This part of the signal decay was used for the effective calculation of the amplifier first-order time constants. The small differences between these time constants were compared with time lag values obtained from the method of isotope signal synchronization and were found to be in good agreement. Conclusions: This work proposes a way of determining amplifier first-order time constants. We show that isotopic drift is directly related to the amplifier first-order time constants and the method of internal amplifier signal synchronization for isotope ratio drift correction is validated. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2015-09-30 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 58731-x |
| ISSN | 1097-0231 ; 0951-4198 |
| ISSN (online) | 1097-0231 |
| ISSN | 0951-4198 |
| DOI | 10.1002/rcm.7258 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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