Strontium isotopic analysis of environmental microsamples by inductively coupled plasma – tandem mass spectrometry

• Published in: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
• Main Authors: Bertinetti, Stefano, Bolea-Fernandez, Eduardo, Malandrino, Mery, Moroni, Beatrice, Cappelletti, David, Grotti, Marco, Vanhaecke, Frank
• Other Authors: Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, Vlaamse regering
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ja00329a; http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/JA/D1JA00329A

A method for direct (without chromatographic Rb/Sr separation) Sr isotopic analysis using tandem ICP-MS has been optimized for small-size environmental samples and applied to Antarctic PM 10 and soil samples from South America and Australia as proof-of-concept.