scholarly journals Trends and Advances in Inductively Coupled Plasma Tandem Quadruple Mass Spectrometry (ICP-QMS/QMS) With Reaction Cell

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanbei Zhu

Trends and advances in the development and application of inductively coupled plasma tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS/QMS) with a reaction cell is reviewed mainly based on publications from January 2018 to July 2021. ICP-QMS/QMS has been applied in various research fields covering the sciences of biology, energy, environmental, food/medical, geology, materials, and radionuclide. The objectives of analysis cover the determination of elemental concentration, ion-gas reaction, isotope analysis, single particle analysis, and chemical speciation analysis. Measurement of most elements in the periodic table are reported except for H, N, O, F, rare gas, and some of the radionuclides. In addition to the default reaction/collision gases (i.e., He, H2, O2, and NH3), N2O, CO2, CH4, CH3F, C2H4, and C2H6 have been used as reaction gases to improve the capability of separating spectral interferences or to study the ion-molecule reactions. Typical applications of ICP-QMS/QMS analysis in the major research fields are also discussed.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Anh Vu ◽  
Manh Ha Nguyen ◽  
Hong-An Vu-Thi ◽  
Quan Do-Hong ◽  
Xuan Hoang Dang ◽  
...  

In this work, high-performance liquid chromatography in combination with inductively coupled plasma dynamic reaction cell quadrupole mass spectrometry was introduced and optimized for speciation analysis of five major arsenic species including arsenobetain (AsB), arsenite (As(III)), monomethylarsonic (MMA), dimethylarsenonic acid (DMA), and arsenate (As(V)) in rice samples. Five arsenic compounds were separated on a Hamilton PRP X100 strong anion-exchange column employed with the mobile phase that is compatible with mass spectrometry, containing ammonium carbonate, methanol, and disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Arsenic compounds were detected online by inductively coupled plasma dynamic reaction cell quadrupole mass spectrometry utilizing oxygen as the reaction gas at a flow rate of 0.7 mL·min−1. Five selected arsenic species were baseline separated at the optimum experimental conditions. The excellent LOD and LOQ values of the developed method were achieved in the range of 0.5 to 2.9 μg·kg−1 and 1.7 to 9.6 μg·kg−1 for all species of arsenic, respectively. The ionization effect in plasma during chromatographic gradient elution was systematically investigated by using postcolumn injector. Arsenic compounds in rice samples were extracted by diluted nitric acid at elevated temperature. The extraction efficiency and the interconversion of target compounds during sample preparation were also assessed. The full validation of the developed method was performed by using certified reference material, BRC 211, from European Institute of Reference and Standard for speciation analysis. The recovery of all selected arsenic species was in the range of 70 to 135.5%. The validated method was also applied to analyze rice samples collected from some contaminated rice fields. The results showed that As(III), DMA, and As(V) were found in all rice samples. Average concentration (range) of inorganic arsenic and DMA in all rice samples were 130.3 (65.5–228.1) and 32 (8.2–133.01) μg·kg−1, respectively. However, total concentration of inorganic arsenic in most of investigated rice samples was below the maximum residual level according to US-FDA and European Union standards.


Author(s):  
Yung-Chun Chen ◽  
Shiuh-Jen Jiang

Liquid chromatography and dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry are used in tandem for the simultaneous speciation of arsenic and mercury in fish.


2004 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Polatajko ◽  
Joanna Szpunar

Abstract A method was developed for speciation analysis of arsenic in chicken meat. Different procedures were optimized for the recovery of arsenic compounds without destroying the original compounds, and 2 anion-exchange liquid chromatography columns were compared for the separation of arsenic species prior to on-line detection by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The 2 species found were dimethylarsinic acid (106 ± 5 ng/g) and arsenobetaine (37 ± 4 ng/g). The stability of arsenic species in a chicken meat candidate reference material for at least 12 months was demonstrated.


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