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The Struggles of ICP-MS…

• High total dissolved solids (detection/quantification limits)

• High relative concentrations of ‘interfering’ elements

• Mass range considerations

• Limitations of ICP-MS technology

• Managing interferences • Cool plasma

advanced techniques

• Collision/reaction cell methods

Discussion Topics

• Limitations of ICP-MS • Resolution • Sensitivity

• Contributions to signal

• Techniques for tough samples • Internal standards • Managing interferences