Determination of 48 elements in 7 plant CRMs by ICP-MS/MS with a focus on technology-critical elements.

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Author	Trimmel, Simone Meisel, Thomas C. Lancaster, Shaun T. Prohaska, Thomas Irrgeher, Johanna
Abstract	Seven plant certified reference materials (NIST SRM1515 Apple Leaves, NIST SRM1547 Peach Leaves, BCR-129 Hay Powder, BCR-670 Aquatic Plant, GBW07603 Bush Twigs and Leaves, GBW10015 Spinach Leaves and NCS ZC73036a Green Tea) were analysed for their mass fractions of 48 elements by inductively coupled plasma tandem-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS): Li, Be, Na, Mg, Al, Ca, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Nb, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sb, Te, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Ta, Tl, Pb, Bi, Th, U. Special focus was put on the determination of technology-critical elements (TCEs), to which, e.g. Li, Be, Ga, Ge, Nb, Sb, Ta, Tl, Bi, and the rare-earth elements (REEs, lanthanides and Y) are counted. Closed-vessel microwave digestion was performed using HNO3, H2O2 and HBF4. The average bias for certified values is  − 1% ± 13% (SD). Limits of detection (xL) in the measured solutions lie between 13 fg g−1 (Tb) and 52 ng g−1 (Ca). This article seeks to provide an optimised measurement procedure for the determination of element mass fractions of emerging importance in environmental samples, which are challenging to analyse with more traditional techniques such as single-quad ICP-MS. In addition, it aims to improve the characterisation of commonly used plant reference materials by providing mass fraction data for rarely studied elements.Graphical abstractSupplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00216-022-04497-3.
ISSN	16182642
Journal	Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Volume Number	415
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9899746
Issue Number	6
PubMed reference number	36624195
e-ISSN	16182650
DOI	10.1007/s00216-022-04497-3
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2023-01-10
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Plant reference materials Microwave digestion Rare-earth elements N2O Collision/reaction cell
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Analytical Chemistry Biochemistry