PMID- 12856100
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040312
LR  - 20160512
IS  - 1618-2642 (Print)
IS  - 1618-2642 (Linking)
VI  - 377
IP  - 1
DP  - 2003 Sep
TI  - Condensation reaction in the bandpass reaction cell improves sensitivity for 
      uranium, thorium, neodymium and praseodymium measurements.
PG  - 85-8
AB  - Condensation reactions in the bandpass reaction cell or dynamic reaction cell 
      (DRC) were used for the determination of actinides and lanthanides such as 
      uranium, thorium, neodymium and praseodymium. These elements react with oxygen 
      reagent gas in the dynamic reaction cell of the ELAN DRC II instrument to give 
      mono- and/or dioxo cationic species (UO(2)+, ThO+, NdO+ and PrO+, respectively). 
      Increasing the oxygen flow rate in the dynamic reaction cell leads to the rapid 
      decrease of the singly charged metal ions accompanied by the fast increase in the 
      intensity of the oxide ion. This phenomenon is used to improve considerably the 
      sensitivity of ICP-MS instruments equipped with a dynamic reaction cell for 
      actinides and lanthanides. Estimated detection limits (EDL) obtained in this work 
      for uranium, thorium, neodymium-144 and praseodymium are 0.022, 1.0, 0.045, and 
      0.10 ng L(-1), respectively. The detection limit for uranium measured in the 
      standard (vented) mode of an ELAN DRC II was found to be 0.22 ng L(-1), which is 
      an order of magnitude higher compared to the pressurized mode.
FAU - Vais, Vladimir
AU  - Vais V
AD  - Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, 775 Brookfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario 
      K1A 1C1, Canada. Vladimir_Vais@hc-sc.gc.ca
FAU - Li, Chunsheng
AU  - Li C
FAU - Cornett, Jack
AU  - Cornett J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20030711
PL  - Germany
TA  - Anal Bioanal Chem
JT  - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry
JID - 101134327
EDAT- 2003/07/12 05:00
MHDA- 2003/07/12 05:01
CRDT- 2003/07/12 05:00
PHST- 2003/02/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2003/03/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2003/05/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2003/07/12 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/07/12 05:01 [medline]
PHST- 2003/07/12 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00216-003-2084-x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Anal Bioanal Chem. 2003 Sep;377(1):85-8. doi: 10.1007/s00216-003-2084-x. Epub 
      2003 Jul 11.