“…Recently, the EURACHEM/CITAC-Guide on uncertainty evaluation has been applied to various analytical domains. These include ICP-MS, IDMS using MC-ICP-MS, 6 purge and trap coupled with GC-MS, 7 HPLC, 8 AAS, 9 neutron activation analysis, 10 mass determination using electronic balances, 11 volumetric operations, 12 and potentiometric titration, 13 etc. The studies of ICP-MS (single or multi-collector) measurement uncertainty focused especially on the dead time correction for the electron multiplier detector, 14 trace analysis using isotope-dilution ICP-MS, 15 coupling ion chromatography with Q-ICP-MS for palladium and platinum direct determination, 16 and species specific isotope dilution analysis for the determination of methylmercury using HPLC-ICP-(Q)MS and multi-collector ICP-MS. 17 As one of the important methods for direct solid analysis, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrozmetry (LA-ICP-MS) has become a well established microanalytical technique for in situ multi-elemental and isotopic analysis with successful applications in geology, biological and environmental sciences, and chemistry.…”