2001 ICPIND Methanol - Technical Note

The determination of trace elements in volatile organic solvents is challenging by ICP. Volatile organic solvents have much higher transport efficiencies than those observed with aqueous samples and can overload and extinguish the plasma. This technical note demonstrates the use of an Ultrasonic Nebulizer coupled with a Membrane Desolvator to run a volatile solvent on the Teledyne Leeman Labs Prodigy Plus ICP-OES system.