Royal Society of Chemistry: JAAS

RSC - J. Anal. At. Spectrom. latest articles

• Air-segmented, 5-[small mu]L flow injection associated with a 200 [degree]C heated chamber to minimize plasma loading limitations and difference of behaviour between alkanes, aromatic compounds and petroleum products in inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry
  A flow-segmented single pass spray chamber minimizes ICP-AES matrix effects due to hydrocarbons, aromatic compounds, gasoline, kerosene and 2 diesel samples.
  
  
• Atomic Spectrometry Updates: A 25-year retrospective
  Members of the Atomic Spectrometry Updates Editorial Board consider how the subject of atomic spectrometry has changed developed the past 25 years.
  
  
• Integrated lab-on-a-valve platform incorporating a sorbent microcolumn and membraneless gas-liquid separation for cold vapor generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometric assays
  An automatic mesofluidic cold-vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometric method is herein developed for on-line sample processing and trace level determination of inorganic mercury.
  
  
• The rise of atomic spectrometry in China over the past 25 years
  Shan Gao presents a retrospective view of the rise of atomic spectrometry in China over the past 25 years.
  
  
• Behaviour of arsenic and selenium in an ICP-QMS with collision and reaction interface
  The performance of a collision reaction interface for minimization of spectral interferences on arsenic and selenium inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometer measurements.
  
  
• Precise isotopic determination of Hf and Pb at sub-nano gram levels by MC-ICP-MS employing a newly designed sample cone and a pre-amplifier with a 1012 ohm register
  JET and X-skimmer cones and a 1012 ohm resister pre-amplifier enable precise isotope analyses of Hf and Pb of <1 ng!
  
  
• Extraction induced by emulsion breaking: a novel strategy for the trace metals determination in diesel oil samples by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry
  A new approach is proposed in this work for the extraction of metals from diesel oil samples aiming their determination by ETAAS: the extraction induced by emulsion breaking. (A) Diesel oil phase after extraction, (B) aqueous phase containing the extracted metals and (C) surfactant-rich phase.
  
  
• Atomic spectrometry update-X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
  This comprehensive review covers the latest published activities using XRF techniques.
  
  
• Determination of the selenium isotopic compositions in Se-rich yeast by hydride generation-inductively coupled plasma multicollector mass spectrometry
  Commercial selenium-enriched yeast samples of different geographical origins were discriminated on the basis of the selenium isotopic composition measured by hydride generation-ICP multicollector MS and size-exclusion chromatography-ICP MS
  
  
• Correcting distortion in a monochromatic imaging spectrometer for application to elemental imaging by glow discharge-optical emission spectrometry
  A method to correct for instrumentally introduced image distortion in a monochromatic imaging spectrometer (MIS) was developed, evaluated and applied to surface elemental imaging in glow discharge-optical emission spectrometry.
  
  
• Age determination of uranium samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry using direct measurement and spectral deconvolution
  An accurate method has been developed for the direct age measurement of uranium materials. The spectral interferences have been eliminated by post-measurement mathematical deconvolution of the mass spectrometric peak.
  
  
• The immobilization of hydrophilic ionic liquid for Cr(vi) retention and chromium speciation
  The immobilization of N-methylimidazolium onto PVC forms bonded hydrophilic ionic liquid, which entails favorable retention of Cr(vi).
  
  
• JAAS 25th anniversary-Atomic Spectrometry Updates
  Steve Hill highlights the history of the Atomic Spectrometry Updates.
  
  
• Differences in sensitivity between As(iii) and As(v) measured by inductively coupled plasma spectrometry and the factors affecting the incoherent molecular formation (IMF) effect in the plasma
  The formation of polyatomic species depends upon the oxidation state of the atoms in the plasma, we describe this phenomenon as the incoherent molecular formation (IMF) effect.
  
  
• Identification and analysis of calcium speciation in red blood cells by ultrasonic-dialysis capillary electrophoresis inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry
  Ultrasonic dialysis and capillary electrophoresis inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry for the determination of calcium species in human red blood cells.
  
  
• Effects of non-uniformity of laser induced plasma on plasma temperature and concentrations determined by the Boltzmann plot method: implications from plasma modeling
  A question is addressed of how non-uniformities of laser induced plasma affect plasma temperature and concentrations measured from the Boltzmann plot. A radiative plasma model generates spectra from which temperature and concentrations are back-calculated and compared to the parameters of the model.
  
  
• Analytical atomic spectrometry in Japan over the last 25 years
  Hiroki Haraguchi and Naoki Furuta look back on the history of analytical atomic spectrometry in Japan over the last 25 years and consider the future prospects.
  
  
• Development of reference procedures for the quantification of toxic metals and S in plastics
  An IDMS based reference procedure for the quantification of toxic and hazardous elements in plastics has been developed, which features smallest measurement uncertainties.
  
  
• Comparison of ICP-MS and photometric detection of an immunoassay for the determination of ochratoxin A in wine
  An immunoassay was developed for OTA detection in wine and two completely different detection methods were compared: ICP-MS and photometry.