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FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.912938
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REEs; spectral interference; reaction cell; reaction gas; mass-shift; ICP-QMS; QMS
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Nitrous oxide (N2O) was investigated as a reaction gas for the determination of rare earth elements (REEs) by inductively coupled plasma-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS/QMS). The use of N2O as the reaction gas improved the yields of (MO+)-M-m-O-16 for Eu and Yb, resulting in improved sensitivities for measurement of Eu and Yb. The use of N2O as the reaction gas also helped suppress Ba-related spectral interferences with the measurement of Eu. The method was validated by determining REEs in certified reference materials.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) was investigated as the reaction gas for the determination of rare earth elements (REEs) by inductively coupled plasma-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS/QMS). The use of N2O as the reaction gas apparently improved the yields of (MO+)-M-m-O-16 for Eu and Yb in the reaction cell. As a result, the sensitivities for measurement of Eu and Yb were apparently improved in comparison to those obtained with O-2 as the reaction gas. A high sensitivity measurement of the whole set of REEs was achieved, providing a typical sensitivity of 300,000 CPS mL/ng for REEs measured with an isotope having isotopic abundance close to 100%. The use of N2O as the reaction gas helped suppress Ba-related spectral interferences with the measurement of Eu, permitting the measurement of Eu in a natural sample without mathematic correction of spectral interferences. The detection limits (unit, pg/mL) for 14 REEs (except for Pm) from La to Lu were 0.028, 0.018, 0.006, 0.026, 0.006, 0.010, 0.017, 0.006, 0.016, 0.010, 0.016, 0.004, 0.023, and 0.012, respectively. The validity of the present method was confirmed by determining REEs in river water-certified reference materials, namely, SLRS-3 and SLRS-4.
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