Determination of fission products in nuclear samples by capillary electrophoresis-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (CE-ICP-MS)

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

“…160 A method comparison showed that ICP-SFMS achieved better limits of detection for 239 Pu (0.21 mBq L À1 ) and for 240 Pu (0.19 mBq L À1 ) than ICP-QMS or alpha spectrometry. 161 Fission products in nuclear samples were determined using capillary electrophoresis coupled to ICP-SFMS by Pitois et al 162 A sensitive analytical method for determining the artificial radionuclides 90 Sr, 239 Pu and 240 Pu at ultratrace levels in groundwater samples from the Semipalatinsk Test Site area in Kazakhstan by ICP-SFMS was developed by Zoriy et al 163 The measurements were performed at medium mass resolution under cold plasma conditions in order to avoid possible spectral interferences at m/z ¼ 90 for the determination of 90 Sr (e.g. 90 ).…”

Inductively coupled plasma- and glow discharge plasma-sector field mass spectrometry : Part II. Applications

“…Lariviere et al used an ICP-SFMS-based method with a separation from alkaline earth elements and obtained a method detection limit of 0.19 pgL À1 for Ra, equivalent to 7 mBq L À1 . 204 ICP-SFMS was used to quantify 239 Pu in faeces 205 207 Fission products in nuclear samples were determined by Pitois et al 208 using capillary electrophoresis coupled to ICP-SFMS. A comparison between ICP-SFMS and quadrupole ICP-MS resulted again in lower limits of detection for sector field instrumentation (4 pg mL À1 for Cs and 7 pg mL À1 for lanthanides) compared to quadrupole ICP-MS (6 ng mL À1 for Cs and 8 ng mL À1 for lanthanides).…”

Recent developments in instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis and microchip‐capillary electrophoresis

“…Though used less frequently, other detection methods [181, 182] including atomic fluorescence spectrometry [183], inductively coupled plasma MS [147, 184, 185], atomic absorption spectrometry [186], laser-induced capillary vibration, and surface plasmon resonance [187] are available to monitor CE separations.…”