Improvements to ICP Torches for Monitoring Trace Radionuclides by ICP-MS

DESCRIPTION:

The objectives of this project are:  a) to improve the capabilities of the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) to make it a more sensitive and accurate atomization-ionization source for direct solids analysis by laser ablation, and b) to develop an ICP with very low argon consumption (~4 L/min, compared to the usual 15 L/min) without compromising performance, primarily to make ICP Mass Spectrometry (MS) better suited to field deployment.

FUNDING SOURCE:

U.S. DOE Office of Nonproliferation Research and Development (NA-22)

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Sam Houk

E-mail: rshouk@iastate.edu

Phone: (515) 294-9462