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Stable Highly Enriched Isotopes in Routine Analysis of Rocks, Soils, Grounds, and Sediments by ICP-MS

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Two procedures of acid digestion in an open system and in autoclaves are developed for routine ICP-AES and ICP-MS analysis of rocks, soils, grounds, and sediments. Proposed is a technique based on the use of stable highly enriched isotopes produced in Russia which enables the control (although with certain limitations) over the digestion procedure for each analyzed sample.

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  1. Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow, Russia

    V. K. Karandashev, V. A. Khvostikov, S. V. Nosenko & Zh. P. Burmii

  2. National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Moscow, Russia

    V. K. Karandashev

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Published in Russian in Zavodskaya Laboratoriya, Diagnostika Materialov, 2016, Vol. 82, No. 7, pp. 6–15.

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Karandashev, V.K., Khvostikov, V.A., Nosenko, S.V. et al. Stable Highly Enriched Isotopes in Routine Analysis of Rocks, Soils, Grounds, and Sediments by ICP-MS. Inorg Mater 53, 1432–1441 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168517140084

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