TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of high purity support gas in quadrupole-based glow discharge mass spectrometry
AU - Valiga, R. E.
AU - Duckworth, D. C.
AU - Smith, D. H.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The necessity, design, and characterization of an ultra-high purity (>99.999999%, >S-nines) discharge gas delivery system for quadrupole-based glow discharge mass spectrometer are described. This system greatly reduces common contaminants arising from residual gases (e.g., CO+, ArC+, ArN+, ArO+, etc.). The utility of the system is shown in the analysis of NIST S RM 685-W high-purity gold. Sub-ppm detection levels are readily achieved and maintained for all metals. Low background levels for some non-metals, including C, N, and O, are also reported. The ability to quantify such species is shown in the generation of a calibration curve for carbon using NIST steel standards.
AB - The necessity, design, and characterization of an ultra-high purity (>99.999999%, >S-nines) discharge gas delivery system for quadrupole-based glow discharge mass spectrometer are described. This system greatly reduces common contaminants arising from residual gases (e.g., CO+, ArC+, ArN+, ArO+, etc.). The utility of the system is shown in the analysis of NIST S RM 685-W high-purity gold. Sub-ppm detection levels are readily achieved and maintained for all metals. Low background levels for some non-metals, including C, N, and O, are also reported. The ability to quantify such species is shown in the generation of a calibration curve for carbon using NIST steel standards.
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(199602)10:3<305::AID-RCM468>3.0.CO;2-R
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(199602)10:3<305::AID-RCM468>3.0.CO;2-R
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0008132664
SN - 0951-4198
VL - 10
SP - 305
EP - 310
JO - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
JF - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
IS - 3
ER -