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Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry in Connection With a Chromatographic Separation for Ultra Trace Determinations of Platinum Group Elements (Pt, Pd, Ru, Ir) in Environmental Samples

Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry in Connection With a Chromatographic Separation for Ultra Trace Determinations of Platinum Group Elements (Pt, Pd, Ru, Ir) in Environmental Samples

M Müller, K G Heumann

Fresenius J Anal Chem. 2000 Sep;368(1):109-15.

PMID: 11220823

Abstract:

An isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometric (ID-ICP-QMS) method was developed for the simultaneous determination of the platinum group elements Pt, Pd, Ru, and Ir in environmental samples. Spike solutions, enriched with the isotopes 194Pt, 108Pd, 99Ru, and 191Ir, were used for the isotope dilution step. Interfering elements were eliminated by chromatographic separation using an anion-exchange resin. Samples were dissolved with aqua regia in a high pressure asher. Additional dissolution of possible silicate portions by hydrofluoric acid was usually not necessary. Detection limits of 0.15 ng x g(-1), 0.075 ng x g(-1), and 0.015 ng x g(-1) were achieved for Pt, Pd, Ru, and Ir, respectively, using sample weights of only 0.2 g. The reliability of the ID-ICP-QMS method was demonstrated by analyzing a Canadian geological reference material and by participating in an interlaboratory study for the determination of platinum and palladium in a homogenized road dust sample. Surface soil, sampled at different distances from a highway, showed concentrations in the range of 0.1-87 ng x g(-1). An exponential decrease of the platinum and palladium concentration with increasing distance and a small anthropogenic contribution to the natural background concentration of ruthenium and iridium was found in these samples.

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