Simultaneous determination of iodine, bromine, selenium and arsenic in geological samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Determination of total chlorine and bromine in solid wastes by sintering and inductively coupled plasma-sector field mass spectrometry

“…Chlorine, bromine and iodine in urban particulate matter were determined with and without ZnO, and it was concluded that use of a sintering agent containing only Na 2 CO 3 generated low and erratic halogen recoveries. Therefore, we adopted the mixed sintering agent promulgated by Date and Stuart (1988) and propagated by Bing et al (2002) with satisfactory results (Table 2).…”

“…An apparently more expedient approach, that has previously proven efficacious for the preparation of geological samples (Date and Stuart, 1988;Bing et al, 2002), involves sintering with a mixture of Na 2 CO 3 and ZnO at 560°C. Although sintering has not previously been studied with respect to samples composed largely of organic constituents such as plastics, sewage sludge and assorted solid wastes, parallels may be found in areas of waste treatment technology that provide insight into the workings of the method.…”

“…Our own observations are that higher power levels are generally not sufficient, although this may depend on the presence, the nature, and the abundance of co-polymers and various additives in the particular sample. Bing et al (2002) used the sintering sample preparation method for the determination of iodine, bromine, arsenic and selenium in geological samples. Table 4 lists results for iodine, arsenic and selenium along with sulfur, of which arsenic and sulfur is under EU legislative regulation on incineration of waste (Commission, 2000), in a selection of reference materials.…”

Analytical Chemistry of Element Determination (Non‐Nuclear and Nuclear)

“…Improved measurement of iodine in food samples using inductively coupled plasma isotope dilution mass spectrometry (Haldimann et al 2000) and the determination of sodium in blood serum by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (Long and Vetter 2002) have been reported. Bing et al (2002) describe the simultaneous determination of iodine, bromine, selenium and arsenic in geological samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Three interesting, cutting-edge applications which may be mentioned are by Hirata (2002) on in-situ precise isotopic analysis of tungsten using laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS) with timeresolved data acquisition, by Stenberg et al (2003) on the separation of Fe from wholeblood matrix for precise isotopic ratio measurements by MC-ICP-MS, and by Field and Sherrell (2003) on the direct determination of ultra-trace levels of metals in fresh water using desolvating micronebulization and HR-ICP-MS.…”

Pressurised Extraction Using Dilute Ammonia: A Simple Method for Determination of Iodine in Soil, Sediment and Biological Samples by Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Mass Spectrometry

“…and also eliminates severe memory effects of the injecting system (Baumann 1990, Buchert 1996, Li et al 2002. and also eliminates severe memory effects of the injecting system (Baumann 1990, Buchert 1996, Li et al 2002.…”