Volume : 12, Issue : 02, February – 2025
Title:
REVIEW ON APPLICATIONS OF ICP-MS
Authors :
Purna Nagasree Kurre*, Raaga Sree Bade, Bala Krishna Konna, Jagadeesh Panda
Abstract :
The main uses, working principles and applications of Inductively coupled plasma – tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS) are reviewed in this article. The primary distinctions between ICP-MS and single quadrupole ICP-MS are explained, along with the resources available for technique development. To illustrate the capabilities of this innovative setup in the context of elemental, speciation, and isotopic analysis, real-world examples are provided. It has applications in a wide range of research domains, including the food, material, chemical, semiconductor, and nuclear industries, as well as the earth, environmental, biological, and forensic sciences. All kinds of samples and matrices introduced by a range of specialised equipment find a suitable atomizer and element ioniser in the high ion density and high temperature of a plasma. Prominent characteristics include maximum sensitivity (ppt–ppq), relative salt resistance, element response independent of compound, and optimal quantitation precision contribute to ICP – MS’s unrivalled ability to effectively detect, identify, and consistently quantify trace elements. The molecular identification capabilities of ICP – MS hyphenated to species-specific separation techniques are expanded by the growing availability of pertinent reference compounds and good separation selectivity. ICP – MS is a productive and extremely sensitive technique for target-element oriented discoveries of relevant and unknown compounds, whereas molecular ion source MS is specialised in figuring out the structure of unknown molecules.
Keywords : ICP -MS, Applications, Principles, Sensitive, Characteristics.
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Please cite this article in press Purna Nagasree Kurre et al Review On Applications Of ICP-MS.,Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2025; 12 (02).
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