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Information provided by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) in the analysis of biological tissues is expanding.

The efficient characterization of nuclear waste materials represents a significant challenge during nuclear site decommissioning, with a range of radionuclides requiring measurement in varied and often complex sample matrices. ICP-MS is increasingly a practicable alternative to radiometric methods for medium to long-lived radionuclides.

The analysis of advanced materials using ICP-based solid sampling approaches offers many advantages and possibilities. Recent developments are discussed in this review..

This review will focus specifically on the state of the art of novel sample pretreatment methods which have been combined with ICP-MS based hyphenated techniques for elemental speciation in biological samples.

We present a method for precise determination of stable osmium isotope compositions by MC-ICP-MS and N-TIMS using a double spike.

In this work, we evaluate the capabilities of a new commercially available inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ICP-TOFMS) instrument, the icpTOF, for analysis of liquid samples with continuous and discrete sample-introduction systems.

²⁰⁶Pb–²³⁸U LA-ICPMS image map of a complex, polyphase zircon produced using 7 micron rasters.

Normalization of data is significant and should be chosen according to the sample matrix under investigation.

The oxidative transformation of the animal feed additive roxarsone was investigated using electrochemistry (EC) coupled to hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) and mass spectrometry.

In this work, the performance of a high temperature torch Integrated Sample Introduction System (hTISIS) using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for the multi-element analysis of whole blood is evaluated.