Demountable direct injection high efficiency nebulizer for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (original) (raw)

2004, Spectrochimica Acta Part B-atomic Spectroscopy

Comparison of a Cross-Flow and Microconcentric Nebulizer for Chemical Speciation Measurements Using CZE-ICP-MS

Applied Spectroscopy, 1999

A standard cross-flow nebulizer and commercially available microconcentric nebulizer (MCN-100) have been compared for capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) measurements. Metallothionein samples were separated and detected to characterize the performance of the two nebulizers for chemical speciation measurements. The MCN-100 offered improved sensitivity and lower detection limits compared to the cross-flow nebulizer, but provided slightly poorer resolution. The detection limit for 114Cd in metallothionein solutions was 90 ng/g with the cross-flow nebulizer and 10 ng/g with the MCN-100 for ∼ 4 nL injections. These values correspond to absolute detection limits of 360 fg Cd in the injected sample with the cross-flow nebulizer and 40 fg Cd for the MCN-100. Quantitation of Cd in metallothioneins (rabbit liver and horse kidney) with the use of a well-characterized rabbit liver metallothionein sample as the calibration standard is report...

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