Performance of ICP-TOF-MS for ultra-trace element analyses in ice cores.

ABSTRACT: Ice cores serve as unique paleo-archives allowing access to long-term records of trace elements, which are important for our understanding of global biogeochemical cycles and air pollution. However, analysis of trace elements in ice cores is a challenge, because of very low concentration levels and their presence in dissolved and particulate form. The commonly used and well-established technique for analysis of trace elements in ice cores is inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SF-MS). Recently, inductively coupled plasma time of flight mass spectrometry (ICP-TOF-MS) was introduced as a new, promising technique. Due to its fast acquisition time for the near-full mass spectral range, it allows for the detection of short transient signals, offering the opportunity t

SUBMITTER: Munster TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551728 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature