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'Zone model' as an explanation for signal behaviour and non-spectral interferences in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

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The zone model is a simplified representation of the plasma, resulting from the findings of an optimization study for a VG PlasmaQuad PQ1 inductively coupled plasma (ICP) mass spectrometer (VG Elemental, Winsford, Cheshire, UK). According to this model, for every nuclide there is a zone in the central channel of the ICP, where a maximum density of singly charged ions occurs. The position of such a zone of maximum M+ density is a function of the mass number of the nuclide and the zone can undergo a spatial displacement under the influence of an alteration of an instrumental parameter or the introduction of a different matrix. This representation not only enables an explanation of a large number of observations from the optimization study, but also allows an understanding of why both matrix induced signal suppression and enhancement were observed, why for a given matrix the extent to which the signal intensities were altered differed from day to day and finally why the extent to which a signal is influenced by the matrix was seen to be a function of the mass number of the corresponding nuclide. Although the zone model might not completely reflect the genuine physical reality in all its facets, it provides a phenomenological model for the variation of ion signals with mass number, operating parameters and matrix composition.
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CONCOMITANT ELEMENTS, ICP-MS, MATRIX EFFECT, NON-SPECTRAL INTERFERENCE, SIGNAL BEHAVIOR, INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY, ZONE MODEL, SUPPRESSION, PARAMETERS, INTERFACE, OXIDE

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Vanhaecke, Frank, et al. “‘Zone Model’ as an Explanation for Signal Behaviour and Non-Spectral Interferences in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.” JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, vol. 8, no. 3, 1993, pp. 433–38, doi:10.1039/JA9930800433.
APA
Vanhaecke, F., Dams, R., & Vandecasteele, C. (1993). “Zone model” as an explanation for signal behaviour and non-spectral interferences in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 8(3), 433–438. https://doi.org/10.1039/JA9930800433
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Vanhaecke, Frank, Richard Dams, and Carlo Vandecasteele. 1993. “‘Zone Model’ as an Explanation for Signal Behaviour and Non-Spectral Interferences in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.” JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY 8 (3): 433–38. https://doi.org/10.1039/JA9930800433.
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Vanhaecke, Frank, Richard Dams, and Carlo Vandecasteele. 1993. “‘Zone Model’ as an Explanation for Signal Behaviour and Non-Spectral Interferences in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.” JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY 8 (3): 433–438. doi:10.1039/JA9930800433.
Vancouver
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Vanhaecke F, Dams R, Vandecasteele C. “Zone model” as an explanation for signal behaviour and non-spectral interferences in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY. 1993;8(3):433–8.
IEEE
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F. Vanhaecke, R. Dams, and C. Vandecasteele, “‘Zone model’ as an explanation for signal behaviour and non-spectral interferences in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry,” JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 433–438, 1993.
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