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Dr. Robert S. Houk

Ames Laboratory Associate and Professor, Iowa State University
Address
B27 Spedding Hall
The Ames Laboratory
Ames, IA 50011-3020
Phone 515-294-9462
Fax 515-294-5233
Email rshouk@iastate.edu

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(Chronologically most recent on top)Education

  • 1981, Postdoctoral Associate, Iowa State University
  • Ph.D. 1980, Iowa State University
  • B.S. 1974, Slippery Rock State College

(Chronologically most recent on top)Professional Appointments

  • 1981-present, Senior Chemist and Professor of Chemistry, Iowa State University

(Chronologically most recent on top)Publications with the Ames Laboratory

2012
Ebert C H; Witte T M; Houk R S . 2012. Investigation into the behavior of metal-argon polyatomic ions (MAr+) in the extraction region of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy. 76:119-125. abstract
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Witte T M; Houk R S . 2012. Metal argide (MAr+) ions are lost during ion extraction in laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy. 69:25-31. abstract
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Witte T M; Houk R S . 2012. Origins of polyatomic ions in laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: An examination of metal oxide ions and effects of nitrogen and helium in the aerosol gas flow. Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy. 69:9-19. abstract
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2011
Houk R S . 2011. ICP-MS for Forensic Applications. Spectroscopy. 26:57-57. abstract
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McIntyre S M; Ferguson J W; Houk R S . 2011. Determination of dissociation temperature for ArO(+) in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: Effects of excited electronic states and dissociation pathways. Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy. 66:581-587. abstract
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McIntyre S M; Ferguson J W; Witte T M; Houk R S . 2011. Measurement of gas kinetic temperatures for polyatomic ions in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: Validation and refinements. Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy. 66:248-254. abstract
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2010
Zhao Q; Schieffer G M; Soyk M W; Anderson T J; Houk R S; Badman E R . 2010. Effects of Ion/Ion Proton Transfer Reactions on Conformation of Gas-Phase Cytochrome c Ions. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 21:1208-1217. abstract
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Houk R S . 2010. Thirty years ago this month .... Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 25:1801-1802. abstract
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Perdian D C; Schieffer G M; Houk R S . 2010. Atmospheric pressure laser desorption/ionization of plant metabolites and plant tissue using colloidal graphite. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 24:397-402. abstract
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2009
Lorge S E; Houk R S . 2009. Controlled dissolution of silicon dioxide layers for depth resolved multielement analysis by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy. 64:1235-1239. abstract
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