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Evaluation of the use of cold plasma conditions for Fe isotopic analysis via multi-collector ICP-mass spectrometry : effect on spectral interferences and instrumental mass discrimination

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The advantages and disadvantages of using cold plasma conditions in combination with both the standard and the high-transmission ('jet') plasma interface and under dry and wet plasma conditions were evaluated in the context of high-precision isotopic analysis of Fe via multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS). When using the standard interface and wet plasma, cold plasma conditions suppressed the occurrence of the polyatomic ions (ArN+)-Ar-40-N-14 and (ArO+)-Ar-40-O-16, but not that of (ArOH+)-Ar-40-O-16-H-1. Dry plasma conditions efficiently removed the (hydr) oxide ions, but at the cost of a dramatic increase in the prevalence of 40Ar14N+. Thus, interference-free Fe-56/Fe-57 measurement can be performed at low mass resolution using cold plasma conditions and the standard plasma interface. No alleviation of the spectral interferences due to Ar-based ions was observed with the 'jet' interface with cold plasma conditions. With cold plasma conditions, the instrumental mass discrimination affecting the Fe isotope ratios was mitigated compared to that obtained with hot plasma when the standard interface was used (1.4% per amu versus 3.2% per amu, respectively). This mitigation in instrumental mass discrimination with cold plasma conditions was not observed when the high-transmission interface was used.
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RATIO MEASUREMENTS, POLYATOMIC IONS, MS, IRON, PRECISION, FRACTIONATION, CAPABILITIES, IONIZATION, ABUNDANCE, BEHAVIOR

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Chernonozhkin, Stepan M., et al. “Evaluation of the Use of Cold Plasma Conditions for Fe Isotopic Analysis via Multi-Collector ICP-Mass Spectrometry : Effect on Spectral Interferences and Instrumental Mass Discrimination.” JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, vol. 32, no. 3, 2017, pp. 538–47, doi:10.1039/c6ja00428h.
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Chernonozhkin, S. M., Costas Rodriguez, M., Claeys, P., & Vanhaecke, F. (2017). Evaluation of the use of cold plasma conditions for Fe isotopic analysis via multi-collector ICP-mass spectrometry : effect on spectral interferences and instrumental mass discrimination. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 32(3), 538–547. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ja00428h
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Chernonozhkin, Stepan M., Marta Costas Rodriguez, Philippe Claeys, and Frank Vanhaecke. 2017. “Evaluation of the Use of Cold Plasma Conditions for Fe Isotopic Analysis via Multi-Collector ICP-Mass Spectrometry : Effect on Spectral Interferences and Instrumental Mass Discrimination.” JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY 32 (3): 538–47. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ja00428h.
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Chernonozhkin, Stepan M., Marta Costas Rodriguez, Philippe Claeys, and Frank Vanhaecke. 2017. “Evaluation of the Use of Cold Plasma Conditions for Fe Isotopic Analysis via Multi-Collector ICP-Mass Spectrometry : Effect on Spectral Interferences and Instrumental Mass Discrimination.” JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY 32 (3): 538–547. doi:10.1039/c6ja00428h.
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Chernonozhkin SM, Costas Rodriguez M, Claeys P, Vanhaecke F. Evaluation of the use of cold plasma conditions for Fe isotopic analysis via multi-collector ICP-mass spectrometry : effect on spectral interferences and instrumental mass discrimination. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY. 2017;32(3):538–47.
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S. M. Chernonozhkin, M. Costas Rodriguez, P. Claeys, and F. Vanhaecke, “Evaluation of the use of cold plasma conditions for Fe isotopic analysis via multi-collector ICP-mass spectrometry : effect on spectral interferences and instrumental mass discrimination,” JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 538–547, 2017.
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  author       = {{Chernonozhkin, Stepan M. and Costas Rodriguez, Marta and Claeys, Philippe and Vanhaecke, Frank}},
  issn         = {{0267-9477}},
  journal      = {{JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY}},
  keywords     = {{RATIO MEASUREMENTS,POLYATOMIC IONS,MS,IRON,PRECISION,FRACTIONATION,CAPABILITIES,IONIZATION,ABUNDANCE,BEHAVIOR}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{538--547}},
  title        = {{Evaluation of the use of cold plasma conditions for Fe isotopic analysis via multi-collector ICP-mass spectrometry : effect on spectral interferences and instrumental mass discrimination}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1039/c6ja00428h}},
  volume       = {{32}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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