1992 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry January 6 - 11 1992 San Diego California The I992 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry seventh in a series of biennial meetings sponsored by the ICPlnformation Newsletter features developments in plasma spectrochemical analysis by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) dc plasma (DCP) microwave plasma (MIP) and glow and hollow cathode discharge (GDL HCL) sources. The meeting will convene Monday January 6 through Saturday January 11,1992 at the San Diego Princess Convention Center in San Diego California. Continuing education short courses at introductory and advanced levels will be offered Friday through Sunday January3 - 5. A three-day exhibition of spectroscopic instrumentation and accessories also will be presented. Objectives and Program The rapid growth in popularity of plasma sources for atomization and excitation in atomic spectroscopy and ionization in mass spectrometry and the need to discuss recent developments of these discharges in spectrochemical analysis stimulated the organization of this meeting.The Conference will bring together international scientists experienced in applications instrumentation and theory in an informal setting to examine recent progress in the field. Approximately 500 participants Ram 25 countries are expected to attend. Approximately 200 papers describing applications fundamentals and instrumental developments with plasma sources will be presented in lecture and poster sessions by about 150 authors. Symposia organized and chaired by recognized experts will include the following topics 1) Sample introduction and transport phenomena 2) Flow injection spectrochemical analysis 2) Automation and plasma instrumentation including chemometrics expert systems on-line analysis software and remote-system automation 3) Sample preparation treatment and automation 4) Glow and hollow cathode discharges 5) Laser-assisted plasma spectrometry 6) Excitation mechanisms and plasma phenomena 7) Plasma source mass spectrometry 8) Spectroscopic standards and reference materials and 9) Plasma spectrometric detection in chromatography.Six plenary and 16 invited lectures will highlight advances in these areas. Three afternoon poster sessions will feature applications automation and new instrumentation. Five panel discussions will address critical development areas in sample introduction automation treating difficult samples practical plasma source mass spectrometry and plasma source chromatographic detectors.Plenary invited and submitted papers will be published in September 1992 in the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry as the official Conference proceedings after peer review. Instrument Exhibition A three-day exhibition of spectroscopic instrumentation and chemicals electronics glassware publications and software supporting plasma spectroscopy will complement the scheduled sessions on Tuesday through Thursday January 7 - 9 with approximately 30 firms participating. Invited Speakers Invited speakers include M. Blades M. Borsier P. Boumans J. Broekaert S. Caroli M.B. Denton K.Dittrich M.F. Gin6 W. Harrison G. Hieftje G. Horlick R.S. Houk J. Hubert L. Jassie K. Jinno H. Kawaguchi G. Knapp J. McLaren J.M. Mermet H. Ortner J. Ruzicka and E. Voigtman. Continuing Education Short Courses Introductory and advanced four-hour short courses will be presented Friday thrFgh Sunday January3 - 5. Designed to provide background and intensive training in popular topics of plasma spectrochemistry these courses feature analysis methods instrumentation and sample introduction. Social Activities The Conference will be held at the San Diego Princess on Vacation Isle in Mission Bay 10 minutes away from the San Diego International Airport. San Diego combines the proximityof Mexico with internationally famous landmarks including the San Diegozoo Balboa Park Sea World Cabrillo National Monument Mission Bay Aquatic Park San Diego Harbor Old Town Wild Animal Park and Saipps Aquarium.Disneyland is only 90 miles to the north and Tijuana Mexico is approximately 30 miles to the south. The America's Cup '92 selection trials will be held in San Diego in mid- January. The average high temperature in January is 65°F. A Conference social evening on January 7 will feature a dinner and show. Daily social hours and refreshments also are planned. Accommodations and Travel Central Travel Springfield Massachusetts is the official Conference travel agency. Accommodations at the Sen Diego Princess where all Conference activities will take place can be reserved with Central Travel at a special Conference rate of $90 per day (excluding tax) before October 18.After that a late fee will be charged. Arrangements for families with children are provided and extended stays before and after the Conference are offered at the Conference rate. Special low fares on United Airlines and discount automobile rentals are available exclusively through Central Travel. For travel information and reservations please contact Central Travel at 800-777-1680 (US) or 413-781 -1680; fax 41 3-737-9772. Registration The Conference registration fee includes a copy of the Conference proceedings Conference abstracts and a souvenir tee shirt. The registration fee is $260 prior to October 18 $375 until December 23 and $450 thereafter. Discounts are provided for students and no registration fee is required for spouses. Short-course preregistration fee is $75 prior to October 18 $1 10 until December 23 and $155 afterward for ea& four-hour short course.Further Information For further information and registration materials contact 1992 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry Attention Ramon Barnes Department of Chemistry 102 LGRC Towers University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01 003-0035 USA.(413) 545-2294 fax (41 3) 545-4490. Details concerning exhibitor registration facilities fees and advertising rates also are available upon request.11 JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1 VOL. 6 1992 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry San Diego California January 6 - 11,1992 Preliminary Program Monday January 6,1992 1. Flow Injection Spectrochemical Analysis Julian F.Tyson Chairman 8:OO OPENING. Ramon M. Barnes University of Massachusetts Department of Chemistry Lederele Graduate Research Center Amherst MA 01003-0035 8:05 WELCOME. Velmer A. Fassel Ames Laboratory Institute for Physical Research and Technology Iowa State University Ames LA 5001 1-3020 8:lS PL1 NEW TOOLS AND DIRECTIONS IN SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS - 1992. M. Banner Denton University of Arizana Department of Chemistry Tucson AZ 85721 9:lS Break 9:30 IL1 ENHANCEMENT OF ATOMIC'SPECTROSCOPY BY FLOW INJECTION TECHNIQUES. Jaromir Ruzicka University of Washington Center for Process Analytical Chemistry MS BG-10 Seattle W A 98195 1000 IL2 MULTIPURPOSE FLOW INJECTION SYSTEM. 1. PROGRAMMABLE DILUTIONS AND STANDARD ADDI- TIONS FOR ICP-AES. Boaventura Freire dos Reis Maria Fernanda Gin& Francisco Jose Krug and Henrique Bergamin Filho Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura Av.Centenhi0 303 C.P. 96 CEP 13400 Piracicaba SP Brasil 1030 M1 OFF-PEAK BACKGROUND CORRECTION OF TRANSIENT SIGNALS. Brenda Caughlin and Henk Blok Chemex Labs Ltd. 212 BrooksM Avenue North Vancouver BC V7J 2C1 Canada 1050 M2 A HYBRID FIA-DIRECT SAMPLE INSERTION SYSTEM FOR ONE HUNDRED FOLD IMPROVEMENT OF DETECTION LIMITS FOR ICP-AES. E.D. Salin and P. Moss Department of Chemistry McGill University Montreal Quebec H3A 2K6 Canada 11:10 M3 CONTINUOUS HALOGEN GENERATION FOR ENHANCING HALIDE TRACE DETERMINATIONS BY ME' - ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY. Alfred0 Sanz-Medel Enrique Shchez Albert0 Menindez Francisco Camuiia Depart- ment of Physical and Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry Oviedo Spain; Carmen Quintero and Jose Cotrino Department of Applied Physics University of C6rdoba Chdoba Spain 11:30 M4 ANALYSIS OF SOILS BT FLOW INJECTION ICP-MS WITH SLURRY NEBULIZATION.Diane Beauchemin,' Maria J. Payer,' Heather E. Jamiemn and Gary W. vanloon,' Queen's University 'Department of Chemistry and 'Department of Geological Sciences Kingston Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada 1150 Discussion and Questions 1200 Lunch 2. Sample Introduction and Transport Phenomena Richard F. Browner Chairman 1:OO II3 TAILORING MICROWAVE INDUCED PLASMA DISCHARGES TO VARIOUS TYPES OF SAMPLING. J& A.C. Broekaert University of Dortmund Department of Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry P.O. Box 50 05 00 W-4600 Dortmund 50 Federal Republic of Germany 1:30 M5 EFFECTS OF ACID CONCENTRATION IN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPEC- TROMETRY USING Mg AS A TEST ELEMENT.K. Lebas M. Marichy M. Mermet E. Poussel and J.M. Mermet Laboratoire des Sciences Analytiques University of Lyon I F-69622 Villeurbame Cedex France... JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1 VOL. 6 111 1:50 M6 NOISE CHARACTERISTICS OF AEROSOLS PRODUCED BY ICP NEBULIZERS. Shen Luan Ho-Ming Pang and RS. Houk Ames Laboratory - USDOE Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 5001 1 210 M7 A FAST CLEARING SPRAY CHAMBER ARRANGEMENT FOR ICP-AES. G. Legere and E.D. Salin Department of Chemistry McGill University Montreal Quebec H3A 2K6 Canada 2:30 M8 DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-SOLID-SAMPLE TORCHES FOR USN-ICP-AES. ShEKit Chan and Sidney L.Geil CETAC Technologies Inc. 5600 S. 42nd Street Omaha NE 68107 2:50 M9 A NEW MICROCONCENTRIC DIRECT NEBULIZER SYSTEM FOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROMETRY. Daniel R. Wiederin CETAC Technologies Inc. 5600 S. 42nd Street Omaha NE 68107 3 10 Break 3 9 M10 EVALUATION OF AN ULTRASONIC NEBULIZER FOR SAMPLE INTRODUCTION IN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED Jefhy M. Carey and Joseph A. Caraso Univdty of Cincimafi -t of Chemistry Cinchma& OH 45221-0172; *Envinmmcotal Health Rtsesrch and Testing Inc. 3235 Omni Dr. Cincinnati OH 45245 PLASMA ATOMIC PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY (ICP-AES). T h m M. -0 W. C h d a Stary* 350 M11 APPLICATION OF THERMOSPRAY NEBULIZATION TO THE ICP ANALYSIS OF A CLASS OF HIGH DIS- SOLVED SOLIDS ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES. Donald R Hull and Peter k Pqisil Chanical Waste Managamat Inc.150 WtElt 137th Strctt R i v d e Il60623 and John A. Karapchak Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Southan Illinois Univdty Carbondale IL 62901 4:lO M12 DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A DESOLVATION SYSTEM FOR ICP-MS. Jane M. Craig J. Scott Parent and Diane Beauchemh Queen's University Department of Chemisw Kingston Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada 4:30 M13 THE HUNT FOR A SOLID SAMPLE INTRODUCTION METHOD. Eric D. Salin J.M. Ren. and L. Blain Depart- ment of Chemistry McGill University Montreal Quebec H3A 2K6 Canada 4:50 M14 DETERMINATION OF TRACES ADSORBED ON ACTIVATED CARBON BY AN ICP SLURRY TECHNIQUE. Knut D. OhLf J6rg Flock and Helmut Lmpp Hoesch Stahl AG P.O. Box'lO 50 42 W-4600 Dortmund 1 Germany 5:lO M15 SALT INDUCED MATRIX EFFECTS IN ELECTROTHERMAL VAPORIZATION PLASMA EMISSION SPEC- TROSCOPY.R4iv S. Soman and Thomas R. Gilbert Department of Chemistry and Bamett Institute for Chemical Analysis and Materials Science Northeastern University Boston MA 02115 5:30 M16 SAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR ICPAES AND ICPMS FACT VS. FICTION. Richard F. Browner Guangxuan Zhu Vincent Nwogu and Ntombiyomusa Msimanga School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332-0400 550 Discussion and Questions 6:OO PDl SAMPLE INTRODUCTION APPROACHES. Les Ebdon. Plymouth Analytical Chemistry Research Unit Department of Environmental Science Polytechnic South West Drakes Circus Plymouth I k o n PL4 8AA United Kingdom 7:OO EXHIBITION OPENING AND SOCIAL HOUR.Tuesday January 7,1992 8:OO PL2 DRXFI' IN ICP SPECTROCHEMISTRY ORIGJNS DIAGNOSTICS AND CORRECTION METHODS. Jean- Michel Mermet Labratoire des Sciences Analytiques Uniuksity of Lyon F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex Franm 9:OO Break 3. Automation and Plasma Instrumentation Edward Voigtman Chairman 9:15 IL3 AUTOMATED PLASMA SPECTROCHEMISTRY. Michel Borsier BRGM B.P. 6009 F-45060 OrlCans 2 France 9:45 T1 AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH IN ICP-AES. George Agnes and Gary Horlick Department of Chemistry University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada la05 T2 AUTOMATIC SAMPLE DILUTION WITH DATA MERGING - A NEW SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OFiv JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 1991 VOL. 6 HIGH CONCENTRATION SAMPLE ANALYSIS BY ICP.Donald R. Hull Gary W. Wiggenhauser Richard L. Hoch and Jodi L. Wojcik Chemical Waste Management. Inc. 150 West 137th Street Riverdale IL 60627; Robert Foster Thermo Jarrell-Ash 8E Forge Parkway P.O. Box 9101 Franllin MA 02038-9101 1025 T3 MOBILE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETER SYSTEM FOR THE ANALYSIS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES. Arthur P. D'SiIva and Dan Zamzow Ames Laboratory US Department of Energy Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011 la45 T4 FAPES - A NEW PLASMA SOURCE FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTIELEMENT ANALYSIS. T. Hettipathirana Michael W. Blades and G. LeBlanc The University of British Columbia Department of Chemistry 2036 Main Mall Vancouver BC V6T 1Y6 Canada 11:05 T5 ANALYTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A FURNACE ATOMIZATION PLASMA EMISSION SOURCE INCORPORATING A NOVEL POWER SUPPLY. David J.Bir and James P. Rybarcyk Department of Chemistry CP 409T Cooper Science Ball State University Muncie IN 47306 11:Z T6 ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY WITH USE OF A DOUGHNUT-SHAPED AND HIGH-POWER MICRO- WAVE INDUCED PLASMA SOURCE. Naoki Fur~ta The National Instimte for Environmental Studies 16-2 Onogawa Tsukuba Ibaraki 305 Japan and Masataka Koga Naka Works Hitachi Ltd. 882 Ichige Katsuta Ibaraki 305 Japan 11:45 T7 THE APPLICATION OF CHARGE-INJECTION DEVICE ARRAY DETECTION AS A DETECTOR FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY. Burton R. Lamoureux Union Carbide Corporation P.O. Box 670 Bound Brook NJ 08805 and M. Bon- ner Denton University of Arizona Department of Chemistry Tucson AZ 85721 1205 Lunch 4. Artificial Intelligence Chemometrics Software for Plasma Spectrometry Eric Salin Chairman 1:OO ILA PLASMA SPECTROCHEMICAL SIMULATION WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE PROGRAM.Edward Voigtman University of Massachusetts Department of Chemistry M a l e Graduate Research Center Amherst MA 01003-0035 1:30 T8 AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS INSTRUMENT OPERATION THE VIEW FROM THE TOP. Eric D. Salin V. Karanassios and D.P. Webb Department of Chemistry McGill University Montreal Quebec H3A 2K6 Canada 150 T9 ANALYSIS OF POTABLE WATERS USING ICP-MS AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS. Dennis Yates and Rupert Aries The Perkin-Elmer Corporation 761 Main Avenue Norwalk (X 06859-0215 210 TI0 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR AUTOMATED QUALITATIVE ICP-OES RIZZY THEORY AND NEU- TRAL NEURAL NETWORKS. Raher Neu&k Wolfhard Wegscheider Claudia Schierle and Matthias Otto Institute of Analyti- cal Chemistry Micro- and Radiochemistzy Graz University of Technology Technikerstrasse 4 A-8010 Graz Austria; Institute of Analytical Chemislry Bergakademie Freiber D-0 9200 Freiberg Germany 230 TI 1 IDENTIFICATION OF THE ORANGES GROWING REGION OF MICRO-NUTRIENTS ANALYZED BY ICP- AES WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS.Seifollah Nikdel Florida Department of Citrus 700 Experiment Station Road Lake Alfred Florida 33850 250 T12 OH'IMIZATION OF ACQUISITION PARAMETERS FOR ETV-ICP-MS. Robert Hutton Peter Hulmston and Jurgen Platzer VG Elemental Ion Path Road Three Winsford Cheshire CW7 3BX United Kingdom Poster Session Flow Injection Sample Introduction Automat ion Ins trumen ta tion Software Flow Injection Sample Introduction TP1 THE INFLUENCE OF MASS FLOW CONTROLLER AND ARGON GAS QUALITY OF THE DETECTION LIMIT FOR ORGANIC CARBON. Ove Emteryd Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Department of Forest Ecology Soil Water and Plant Laboratory 901 83 Ume& Sweden TP2 NEW MEMBRANE SEPARATORS FOR PLASMA SPECTROMETRY.Akbar Montaser M. Cai S. Nam H. Liu and H. Tan George Washington University Department of Chemistry Washington DC 20052 TP3 OPTIMIZATION AND EVALUATION OF AN ULTRASONIC NEBULIZER FOR USE WITH ICP-MS. Stephen E.V JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1 VOL. 6 Long TAI 26W Martin Luther King Dr. Cincinnati OH 45219 and Theodore D. Martin EMSL USEPA 26W Martin Luther King ~ r . cinci-ti on 45268 TP4 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ICP-MS WITH SAMPLE INTRODUCTION BY ULTRASONIC NEBULIZATION. Uwe Voellkopf and Petra Bmekner Bodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer GmbH Postfach 10 11 64 D-7770 h l i n g e n Geamany TPS THE LIQUID JET ULTRASONIC NEBULIZER A NOVEL SAMPLE INTRODUCTION DEVICE FOR ICPAES AND ICPMS.Matthew Tan and Richard F. Browner School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332-0400 TP6 CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE OF AN ULTRASONIC NEBULIZER IN ICP. Geoff Tyler Gerald Shkdnk and Deen Johnson Varian OSI 679 Springvale Rd. Mulgrave Victoria Australia and 201 Hansen Ct Wood Dale IL 60191 TP7 DETERMINATION OF METALS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES USING USN-ICP-AES. Sidney L. Geil and Shi-Kit Chan CETAC Technologies Inc. 5600 S. 42nd Street Omaha NE 68107 TP8 PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF ULTRASONIC NEBULIZATION COUPLED TO 40 MHZ ICP.I. Bren- ner Geological Survey of Israel 30 Malkhe Israel St Jerusalem 95501 Israel; P. Bremier and A. Le Marchand Jobin Yvon 16 - 18 Rue du Canal F- 91163 Lnngjumeau France TP9 ANALYSIS OF LUBRICATING OILS FOR WEAR METAIS BY ELECTROTHERMAL VAPORIZATION PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY. Linda Aubin Rajiv S. Soman and Thomas R. Gilbert Department of Chemistry and Barnett Institute for Chemical Analysis and Materials Science Northeastern University Boston MA 021 15 TPlO FACTORS AFFECTING ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE OF ELECTROTHERMAL VAPORIZATION SAMPLE INTRODUCTION DEVICES USED IN ICP-MASS SPECTROMETRY. Steven A. Beres and Richard D. Ediger The Perkin- Elmer Corporation 761 Main Avenue Norwalk CT 068594215 TPll SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF ARSENIC BISMUTH AND ANTIMONY IN STEEL AND NICKEL ATION (ICP-HG).E l h Akemi Osaki and Elisabeth De Oliveira Aps Villares SA. Avenida Dr. Ramos De Azevedo 133 Funda- C ~ D S.C. SUL SP CEP 09500 Brasil ALLOY BY INDUCI'IVELY COUPLED ARGON PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROMETRY WITH HYDRIDE GENER- TP12 EXTERNAL ADDITION OF INTERNAL STANDARD FOR IMPROVING PRECISION IN MULTI-ELEMENT DETERMINATION OF VOLATILE HYDRIDES BY ICP-MS. S.G. Huiden and P.G. Ek Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry Abo Akademi University Biskopsg. 8 SF-20500 Abo Finland; E. Johansson and T. Liljefors Department of Radiation Sciences Division of Physical Biology Uppsala University Box 535 S-75121 Uppsala Sweden TPl3 SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-ELEMENT SURVEY SCAN ANALYSIS OF HYDRIDE- AND NON-HYDRIDE FOR- MING ELEMENTS WITH ICP-MS USING EXPERIMENTALLY DETERMINED SAHA CORRECTION FACTORS FOR ESTIMATION OF THE ANALYTE CONCENTRATION.P.G. Ek and S.G. Hulden Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry Abo Akademi University Biskopsg. 8 SF-20500 A h Finland; E. Johansson and T. Liljefors Department of Radiation Sciences Division of Physical Biology Uppsala University Box 535 S-75121 Uppsala Sweden TP14 DIRECT POWDER INTRODUCTION - INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROMETRY WITH A PHOTODIODE ARRAY SPECTROMETER. Nimdasiri De SUva Mineral Resources Division Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St Ottawa Ontario K1A OE8 and Roger Guevremont National Research Council of Canada Institute for Environmental Chemistry Montreal Rd. Ottwawa Ontario KIA OR6 Canada TPl5 NON-METALS ANALYSIS IN ORGANIC LIQUIDS USING DIRECT SAMPLE NEBULIZATION INTO A HELIUM SURFACE WAVE PLASMA.Donald R. Hull and Peter A. Pospisii Chemical Waste Management Inc. 150 West 137th Street Riverdale IL 60623 TP16 CHARACTERISTICS OF AQUEOUS SAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND REDUCED-PRESS- URE MICROWAVE INDUCED PLASMAS. Guangxuan Zhu and Richard F. Browner Department of Chemistry and Biochem- istry Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332-0400 Automation Instrumentation Sources and Software TP17 A STUDY OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF MIP-DISCHARGES OBTAINED IN A SURFATRON. Carsten Pilger Franz Leis* and Jo& A.C. Broekaert University of Dortmund Department of Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry P.O. Box 50 05 00 W-4600 Dortmuxxl50 Federal Republic of Germany; *Institut flh Spektrochemie und angewandte Spektroskopie P.O.Box 10 13 52 W-4600 Dortmund 1 Federal Republic of Germanyvi JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1 VOL. 6 TP18 CRITICAL EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF AN ENHANCED BEENAKKER AND A STRIP LINE SOURCE MICROWAVE-INDUCED PLASMA CAVITY DESIGNS. Mark D. Argentine and Ramon M. Barnes Department of Chemistry Lederle Graduate Research Center University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 010034035 TP19 SILANE ANALYSIS WlTH A SEALED NON-FLOWING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA. Matthias J. Jahl and Ramon M. Barnes Department of Chemistry Lederle Graduate Research Center University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003- 0035 T R 0 ARSINE ANALYSIS BY SEALED NON-FLOWING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY.Tm- cey Jacksier and Ramon M. Bames Department of Chemistry Lederle Graduate Research Center University of Massachusetts Am- herst MA 01003-0035 TP21 A NEW ENCLOSED ICP ATOMIC EMISSION $PECTROMETER FOR RADIOACTIVE AND TOXIC MATERI- ALS. THE DESIGN AND THE PERFORMANCES. P. Marty J. Minier Ph. Guiberteau and C. Bergey C.E.A. F-21120 Is Sur Tille France; Y. Lang E. age and D. Amiaud ISA Jobin Yvon 16 rue du Canal F-91160 Longjumeau France TP22 ICPMS WITH GLOVE BOX. EXPERIENCE IN OPERATION SERVICE AND REPAIR AFI'ER 3 YEARS OF RADIOACTIVE SAMPLE ANALYSIS. Helmut Wiesmann Spectrotec GmbH W-6097 Trebur Germany; J& Ignacio Garcia Alonso and Lothar Koch Commission of the European Communities Joint Research Centre Institute for Transuranium Elements Postfach 2340 W-7500 Karlsruhe Germany TP23 AN AUTOMATED APPROACH TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE RESULTS GENERATED BY ICP-MASS SPECTROMETRY.C. Anderau and R. Thomas Perkin Elmer Carporation 761 Main Avenue Norwalk CT 06859-0215 TP24 IMPROVED ICP-MS ANALYTICAL PRECISION USING NON-LINEAR RESPONSE DRIFI' CORRECTIONS. Micheal M. Cbeatham William F. Sangrey and William M. White Department of Geological Sciences Snee Hall Cornell Univer- sity Itha~a NY 14853-1504 TP25 PROPER USE OF CALIBRATION GRAPH IN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPEC- TROMETRY. M. Carre and J.M. Mermet Laboratoire des Sciences Analytiques University of Lyon F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex France TP26 FACTORIAL ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE SURFACE OF A GC-MIP SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS.Caetano S. Manuel Golding M. Rafael and Key E. Alexander Universidad Central de Veneme- la Facultad & Ciencias Escuela de Quimica. P.O. Box 47102 Caracas Venezuela TP27 TRUE OPTIMIZATION OF AN ICP SPECTROMETER. Geoff Tyler Gerald Shkolnik and Deen Johnson Varian OSI 679 Springvale Rd Mulgrave Victoria Australia and 201 Hansen CL Wood Dale IL 60191 TP28 MYERS-TRACY SIGNAL COMPENSATION IN ICP-OES FOR MINIMIZING DRIFT AND MATRIX EFFECTS. Antoaneta Krushevska R m m M. Barnes. and Laura Martines University of Massachusetts Department of Chemistry Lederle Graduate Research Center Amherst MA 01003-0035 TP29 RAPID ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX MATERIALS BY ICP-AES - APPLICATION OF ELEMENTAL TRACERS FOR RAPID ANALYSIS OF HIGH SOLID AND VISCOUS MATERIALS. I. Brenner Geological Survey of Israel 30 Malkhe Israel SL Jerusalem 95501 Israel; J.C. Gautherin A. Le Marchand and 0. Samuel Jobin Yvon 16 - 18 Rue du Canal F- 91163 Long- jumeau France TP30 OPTIMIZATION OF INTENSITY MEASUREMENT AND ACQUISITION IN MULTIELEMENT SEQUENTIAL MEASUREMENT FOR THE ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX MATERIALS. I. Brenner Geological Survey of Israel 30 Malkhe Is- rael SL Jerusalem 95501 Israel; A. Le Marchand Jobin Yvon 16 - 18 Rue du Canal F- 91163 Longjumeau France ANALYSIS BY ICP-AES - AN EVALUATION OF VARIABLE RESOLUTION AND MATHEMATICAL MODES OF 5:30 PD2 AUTOMATED PLASMA INSTRUMENTATION APPROACHES. Gerhard A. Meyer Battelle Chemical Measure- ments and Methods 7329,505 King Ave. Columbus OH 43201 7:OO Social Hour Wednesday January 8,1992 8:OO PL3 SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS SEEN AS AN INTEGRAL OF PHYSICS CHEMISTRY AND INFORMA- TION SCIENCE.Paul W. J. M. Boumans Philips Research Laboratories P.O. Box 80,000,5600 JA Eindhoven The Netherlands - 9:00 BreakJOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1 VOL. 6 vii 5. Sample Preparation and Treatment for Plasma Spectroscopy Knut Ohls Chairman 9:15 IL5 MICROWAVE SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS. Lois B. Jassie CEM Corp. and H.M. Kingston Center for Analytical Chemistry National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg MD 20899 9:45 IL.6 HIGH PERFORMANCE DIGESTION SYSTEMS. GUnter Knapp Department for Analytical Chemistry Micro- and Radiochemistry Graz University of Technology Technikerstrasse 4 A-8010 Graz Austria la15 W1 RAPID MICROWAVE DIGESTION PROCEDURE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF BORON IN STEELS BY MEANS OF ICP-MS.H.-M. Kuss University Duisburg Department of Analytical Chemistry htharstr. 1 D-4100 Duisburg Ger- many la35 W2 A MICROWAVE INTERRUPTED FLOW DIGESTION SYSTEM FOR ICP-AES. G. Legere V. Karanassios C. Skinner and Eric D. Salin Department of Chemistry McGill University Montreal Quebec H3A 2K6 Canada 1055 W3 A NEW PRESSURE MICROWAVE DIGESTION SYSTEM OF HIGH SECURITY AGAINST EXPLOSION. Knut D. Ohls and Horst Linn Hoesch Stahl AG P.O. Box 10 50 42 W-4600 Dortmund 1 Germany 11:15 W4 DISSOLUTION OF NON METALLIC POWDERS BY MICROWAVE OVEN IN IRON AND STEEL ANALYSIS. Maria Grazh Del Monte Tamba and Roberta Falciani Centro Sviluppo Materiali SPA Via di Caste1 Romano 100,1-00129 Roma Italy 11:35 W5 COMPARISON OF DIGESTION METHODS FOR PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY. Brenda S.Sheppard Cindy M. Gaston Barbara S. Barnes Karen A. Wolnik and Joseph A. Caruso National Forensic Chemistry Center US Food and Drug Administration 1141 Central Pkwy Cincinnati Ohio 45202; Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Chemistry Research Center University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH 45221 1155 Discussion and Questions 1200 Lunch 60 Laser Assisted Plasma Spectrometry Lieselotte Moenke-Blankenburg Chairperson 1~00 IL7 LASER EXCITED ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY IN GRAPHITE FURNACES - MEASURE- MENT OF METALS AND NON-METALS AT THE FEMTOGRAM LEVEL. Robert G. Michel University of Connecticut De- partment of Chemistry Box U-60 Room 151 Stons CT 06269-3060 1:30 IL8 DEVELOPMENTS WITH LASER - FURNACE TECHNIQUES.Klaus Dittrich University of Leipzig Institute for Ana- lytical Chemistry Linnbtrasse 3 D-0-7010 Leipzig Federal Republic of Germany 2~00 W6 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF LASER-INDUCED EMISSION SPECTRAL ANALYSIS (LIESA ) FOR PROCESS AND QUALITY CONTROL. Claw-Jiirgen Lorenzen and Christoph Carlhoff Krupp Forschungsinstitut GmbH Post- fach 10 22 52 D-4300 Essen 1 Federal Republic of Germany 220 W7 OFI'ICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY ON LASER PRODUCED PLASMA FOR ANALYTICAL DETERMINA- TION IN SOLID SAMPLES. A. Petit A. Briand J.L Lacour and P. Mauchien DPE/SPEA/SPS CEN SACLAY F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette Cedex. France 240 W8 DESCRIPTION AND USE OF TRANSIENT SIGNALS IN LASER ABLATION - ICP - SPECTROMETRY. Lieselotte Moenke-Blankenburg Detler GUnther and J. Kammel Martin-Luther-University Institute of Analytical Chemistry Wein- berweg 16,04050 Halle Germany 3:00 W9 IMPROVEMENTS IN SPATIAL ANALYSIS BY LA-ICP-MS. Edward McCurdy and Ian Abell VG Elemental Ion Path Road Three Winsford Cheshire CW7 3BX United Kingdom Poster Session Applications Lasers Sample Preparation Standards Sample Preparation and TreatmentJOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1 VOL.6 ... V l l l WP1 DECOMPOSITION OF BOTANICAL AND ACRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCTS FOR ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS UTILZZING QUARTZ VESSELINTEGRATED COOLING TECHNOLOGY WITH OXYGEN PLASMA. Ralph Thomas White Jr. R.J. Reynolds T o b m Company Bowman Gray Technical Center Winston-Salem NC 27102 Wp2 MICROWAVE DIGESTION OF RIGID-ROD POLYMER FILMS FOR PHOSPHOROUS ANALYSIS BY INDUC- TIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY.Donald W. Burns Dow USA Analytical Research Lab Western Research and Development P.O. Box 1398 Pittsburg CA 94565 IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES. Antoaneta Krushevska Ramon M. Barnes Chitra Amarasbiwaradena Henry Foner and Laura Martjnes University of Massachusetts Department of Chemistry Lederle Graduate Research Center Amherst MA 01003-0035 Wp3 COMPARISON OF SAMPLE DECOMPOSITION PROCEDURES FOR THE ICP-AES DETERMINATION OF ZINC WP4 SURVEY OF DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES FOR MULTIELEMENT ICP ANALYSIS USING MULTIVARI- ABLE STATISTICS. I. Brenner Geological Survey of Israel 30 Malkhe Israel St. Jerusalem 95501 Israel; M Borsier Bureau Recherches Geologiques et Miniexes (BRGM) Orleans France WP5 PREPARATION OF OIL SAMPLES PRIOR TO ANALYSIS BY USN-ICP-AES.Shi-Kit Chan and Sidney L. Geil CETAC Technologies Inc. 5600 S. 42nd Street Omaha NE 68107 WP6 DIRECT MULTIELEMENT ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS USING A MINI SPRAY DRIER INTER- FACED TO A SIMULTANEOUS ICP-AES. Gerhard A. Meyer Battelle Chemical Measurements and Methods 7329,505 King Ave. Columbus OH 43201 WW APPLICATION OF INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA - MASS SPECTROMETRY TO AN ACID MINE DRAIN- AGE CONTAMINATION STUDY USING ON-LINE CHELATION CONCENTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY. Lynda M. Faires and Charles J. Patton US Geological Survey 5293B Ward Road Arvada CO 80002 Wps DETERMINATION OF AS AND Se IN DRINKING WATER USING ON-LINE ION EXCHANGE PRECONCENTRA- TION WITH ICAP-AES. Ronald Manabe John Riviello and Archava Siriraks Thermo Jamell Ash 175 Jefferson Dr.Menlo Park CA 94025; Dionex Corp. 1228 Titan Way Sunnyvale CA 94088 Wp9 MINIMIZATION OF CHLORIDE MATRIX INTERFERENCES VIA ON-LINE ION EXCHANGE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY. John T. Creed Theodore D. Martin US EPA 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive Cincinnati OH 45268 and Steve E. h g Technology Applications Inc. 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr. Cincinnati Ohio 45268 WP10 ELIMINATION OF MATRIX AND OXIDE INTERFERENCES IN DETERMINATION OF PLATINUM GROUP TION. Mohammad B. Shabani and Akimasa Mas& Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science The University of Tokyo Hongo Tokyo 113 Japan ELEMENTS BY INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY USING ON-LINE PRECONCENTRA- WP11 DETERMINATION OF TECHNETIUM49 BY ICP-MS WITH ON-LINE SAMPLE PRECONCENTRATION.DOU- glas T. Heitkemper Brenda S. Sheppard Cindy Gaston and Karen A. Wolnik National Forensic Chemistry Center US Food and Drug Administration 1141 Central Parkway Cincinnati OH 45202; Lihseuh Chang Edward R. Deutsch and Joseph A. Caruso Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Chemisq Research Center University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH 45221 WP12 TECHNIQUES OF ON-LINE PRECONCENTRATION FOR ICP-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY. Sodin La Department of Applied Chemistry China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 People's Republic of China WP13 OFF-LINE AND ONLINE PRECONCENTRATION TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINATION OF BISMUTH IN SEAWATER BY INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY. Mohammad B. Shabani and Akimasa Masuda Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science The University of Tokyo Hongo Tokyo 113 Japan WP14 SEA WATER ANALYSIS BY ICP-AES GFAAS AND ICP-MS. Jin-Yi Pemg and Shu-Hua Chen China Steel Corp.Steel and Aluminum R and D Department Lin Hai Industrial District P.O. Box 47-29 Hsim Kang Kaohsiung 81233 Taiwan Republic of China WP15 DETERMINATION OF PHOSPHOROUS IN COPPER ALLOYS USING ICP-AES USING ELECTRICALLY DIS- PERSED SAMPLES. EUas Eljuri Miguel Murillo and Alberto Ferniindez Centro de Quimica Analitica Facultad de Ciencias Es- cuela de Quimica Universidad Central de Venezuela P.O. Box 47102 Caracas 1041-A Venezuela WP16 STUDIES ON SPARK ELUTRIATION FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF METALLIC SAMPLES. Holger Alexi and Jc& A.C. Broekaert University of Dortmund. Department of chemistry horganic Chmistq P.O.Box 50 05 00 W-4600 Dortmund 50 Federal Republic of Germmy WP17 THE DETERMINATION OF ULTRA-TRACE PGE CONCENTRATIONS IN ROCK PULPS BY HIGH TEMPERA- TURE DRY CHLORINATION FOLLOWED BY ICP-MS ANALYSIS A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE TO NIS FIREJOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1 VOL. 6 ix ASSAY. BJ. Perry and J.C. Van Loon Department of Geology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario M5S 3B1 and D.V. Speller INCO Ltd. J. Roy Gordon Research Laboratoxy Toronto Ontario Canada Laser Assisted Plasma Spectrometry WP18 NEW APPROACHES TO LASER ABLATION SAMPLE INTRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROMETRY. X.R. Liu and Gary Horlick Department of Chemistry University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada WP19 TOWARDS THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ROCK SPECIMENS USING TRA-LA-ICP-MS. Micheal M.Chea- tham William F. Sangrey and William M. White Departmat of Geological Sciences Snee Hall Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853-1504 WP20 STUDlES ON MATRIX EFFECTS OF LASER SAMPLING ICP-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY. Soulin Lin Department of Applied Chemistry China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 People’s Republic of China WP21 ANALYSIS OF PEROVSKITE-TYPE CERAMIC MATERIALS BY MEANS OF ICP-AES AND LA-ICP-AES. Detla Gthther Lieselotte Moenke-Blankenburg Martin-Luther-University Institute of Analytical Chemistry Weinbenveg 16,04050 Halle Germany; Hubertus Nickel and Werner Fischer Research Center JUlich Institute of Reactor Materials P.O. Box 1913 W-5170 Jiilich 1 Germany Applications WP22 DETERMINATION OF TRACE METALLIC IMPURITIES IN SPECIAL STEELS BY INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION (ICP/AES).Rosa Ana Conti and Luiz Rinaldo Bizaio Fundapo de Tecnologia Industrial Centro de Materiais Refratarios Cx. Postal 16 Lorema (SP) CEP 12600 Brasil WP23 DETERMINATION OF COMPOSITION AND TRACE METALLIC IMPURITIES IN NIOBIUM-BASED ALLOYS BY INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY (ICPIAES). Rosa Ana Conti and Luiz Rinaldo Bizaio Fundqm de Tecnologia Industrial Centm de Materiais Refiatarios Cx. Postal 16 Lorena (SP) CEP 12600 Brad WP24 OPTIMIZED WAVELENGTHS FOR ANALYSIS OF NEODYMIUM-IRON ALLOYS BY ICP. Mark L. Tobias Neomet Corp. Route 168 P.O. Box 325 West Pittsburg PA 16160 WP25 DETERMINATION OF TRACE LEVELS OF BORON IN STEEL FASTENERS BY ICP-AES USING METHYL BORATE DISTILLATION.Robert S. Schwartz US Customs Service Washington DC 20229 WP26 INDIRECT DETERMINATION OF PHYTIC ACID IN FOODS BY ICP-AES. Jorma Kumpulainen Central Laboratory Agricultural Research Centre of Finland 31600 Jokioinen Finland 530 PD3 NOVEL SAMPLE PREPARATION APPROACHES. Mark Tatro Spectra P.O. Box 352 Pompton Lakes NJ 07442 7:OO Social Hour Thursday January 9,1992 7. Excitation Mechanisms and Plasma Phenomena John Olesik Chairman 8:OO PLA FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF THE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA - PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS. Michael W. Blades The University of British Columbia Department of Chemistry 2036 Main Mall Vancouver BC V6T 1Y6 Canada 9:OO Break 9:15 IL9 FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF SURFACE WAVE INDUCED PLASMAS. Joseph Hubert Universit6 de Montreal D6pamment de chimie P.O.Box 6128 Station A Montnkl Quebec H3C 3J7 Canada 9:45 Thl THE APPLICATION OF A FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER SYSTEM TO THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ANALYTICAL EMISSION SOURCES. Gary Horlick T.B. Wang G. Fulton and Y. Zhao Depart- ment of chemistry University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta T6G 2G2 CanadaX JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1 VOL. 6 1005 Th2 INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL DROPLETS AND VAPORIZING ANALYTE PARTICLES ON PLASMA EXCI- TATION AND IONIZATION PROCESSES. John W. Oledk and Steven E. Hobbs Department of Chemistry Venable and Kenan Laboratories University of North Carolina Chapel Hill NC 27599-3290 1025 Th3 A PARAMETRIC STUDY OF ORGANIC SOLVENT SAMPLE INTRODUCTION ON ICP FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES.M.W. Blades and D. Weir The University of British Columbia Department of Chemistry 2036 Main Mall Vancouver BC V6T 1Y6 Canada la45 Th4 KINETICS OF CHARGE TRANSFER BETWEEN MAGNESIUM AND ARGON IN THE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA. Paul B. Famswarth Department of Chemistry Brigham Young University Provo UT 84602 and Nicolo Omenetto Joint Research Centre Environmental Institute Ispra Establishment 1-21020 Ispra (Varese) Italy 11:05 Th5 IS THE ICP "BULLET" A USEFUL SPATIAL REFERENCE? Paul A. Galley and Gary M. Hieftje Indiana University Department of Chemistry Bloomington IN 47405 11:25 Th6 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS OF INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA A COMPARISON OF Nz+ ROTATIONAL SPECTRA AND OPTICAL PYROMETRY. Isam Marawi Bradley A. Bielsky Frank R. Meeks and Joseph A. Caruso Department of Chemistry ML 172 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio 45221 11:45 Th7 RECENT INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE "EIE INTERFERENCE".Paul A. Galley David Hanselman Norman Sesi Min Wu and Gary M. Hieftje Indiana University Department of Chemistry Bloomington IN 47405 1205 Lunch 1:OO Th8 SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT WITH ADDED HYDROGEN IN ELECTROTHERMAL VAPORIZATION INDUC- TIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY. J. Matousek and J.M. Mermet Laboratoire des Sciences Analytiques University of Lyon I F-69622 Villeurbame Cedex France 1 :20 Th9 VAPORIZATION PROCESSES OF CARBIDE-FORMING ELEMENTS IN ELECTROTHERMAL VAPORIZA- TION ICP-MASS SPECTROMETRY. Richard D. Ediger Perkin-Elmer Corporation 761 Main Avenue Norwalk CT 06859-0215 8. Spectroscopic Standards Reference Materials and Characterization H.M.Kingston Chairman 1:40 ILlO ROLE OF ICP-AES FOR REFERENCE VALUES IN BIOLOGICAL MATRICES. S. Caroli Istituto Superiore di Saniti Vide Regina Elena 299,I-00161 Rome Italy 210 ILll ULTRATRACE CHARACTERIZATION OF BULK REFRACTORY METALS. Hugo M. Ortner Technical Hoch- schule Darmstadt Materialwissenschaft. Fachgebeit Chemische Analytik Petersenstrasse 21 D-6100 Darmstadt Germany 240 ThlO PURIFICATION OF HIGH PURITY MATERIALS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ICP/DCP STANDARDS. Warren Miller and Phillip Blacher MV Laboratories P.O. Box 370 Three Bridges NJ 08887 Poster Session Plasma Sources Mass Spectrometry Chromatographic Detectors Plasma Sources ThPl A METHOD FOR INVESTIGATING THE DOMINANT ELECTRON-LOSS MECHANISMS IN LOW TEMPERA- TURE PLASMAS. George P.Miller Chemistry Department University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville AL 35899 ThP2 SPECTROMETRY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY MEANS OF LOW-PRESSURE LOW-POWER MICROWAVE INDUCED PLASMA (MIP). H.-M. Kuss Department of Analytical Chemistry University Duisburg Lotharstr. 1 D-4100 Duisburg Germany ThP3 ANALYTE ATOMIZATION AND EXClTATION IN FAPES STUDIED USING TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EMISSION BEHAVIOR. T. Hettipathirana and M.W. Blades Department of Chemistry The University of British Columbia 2036 Main Mall Vancouver BC VtZ 1Y6 Canada ThP4 HOLLOW ANODE - FURNACE ATOMIZATION NON-THERMAL ATOMIZATION SPECTROMETRY. Philip G. Riby and James Hardy U.S. Department of Agriculture Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center Bldg. 161 BARC-East Beltsville MD 20705JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1.VOL. 6 xi Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry ThP5 ICP-MS ANALYSIS OF SUB-MILLIGRAM SAMPLES OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS USING A RECYLCING NEBULIZATION SYSTEM WITH A DISPOSABLE SPRAY CHAMBER. Zhongxing Chen Henry P. Longerich and Brian J. Fryer Department of Earth Sciences and Centre for Earth Resources Research Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's NF A1B 3x5 Canada ThP6 DESIGN AND OIWMIZATION OF A VERSATILE SAMPLE INTRODUCTION INTERFACE FOR ICP-MS. Gregory R. Peters and Diane Beauchemin Queen's University Department of Chemistry Kingston Ontario Canada K7L 3N6 ThP7 I"SIC/EXTRINSIC BORON-10 IN MALE LONG EVANS RATS. Richard A. Vanderpool and Phyllis E. Johnson USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center Grand Forks ND 58202 TbPS INTERFERENCES OF MATRIX ELEMENTS ON THE TRACE ELEMENT DETERMINATION IN STEELS BY ICP-MS.H.-M. Kuss Department of Analytical Chemistry University Duisburg htharstr. 1 D-4100 Duisburg Germany ThP9 APPLICATION OF ICP-MS TO THE ANALYSIS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. Uwe Voellkopf and Michael Paul Bodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer GmbH Postfach 10 11 64 D-7770 oberlingen Germany ThPlO ICPMS BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 1. David W. Koppenaal Pacific Northwest Laboratory P.O. Box 999 MS P8-08 Richmond WA 99352 ThPll APPLICATION OF ATOMIC MASS SPECTROMETRY (ICPMS) TO AGRICULTURE. Milan h a t Donald S. Gamble and Glen F.R. Gilchrist Land Resource Research Centre Agriculture Canada Ottawa Ontario K1A OC6 Canada ThP12 ULTRATRACE ANALYSIS OF U AND Th IN ULSI MATERIALS BY ETV-ICP-MS.Hideki Matsunaga Materials Application Department. Toshiba R&D Center 1 Komukai Toshibacho Saiwai-ku Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken 210 Japan ThP13 DATA ACQUISITION AND EVALUATION BY A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED LANGMUIR PROBE SYSTEM. Jeffrey M. Weston Ronald R. Williams and R. Kenneth Marcus Department of Chemistry Howard L. Hunter Chemical Labora- tories Clemson University Clemson SC 29634-1905 ThPl4 EFFECTS OF SUPPORT GAS FLOW ON THE EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF AN RF GLOW DISCHARGE ATOMIC EMISSION SOURCE. Chris Lazik and R. Kenneth Marcus Department of Chemistry Howard L. Hunter Chemical Laboratories Clemson University Clemson SC 29634-1905 ThP15 ROLE OF ANODE GEOMETRY ON RF GLOW DISCHARGE MASS SPECTROMETRY. Paula R.Cable and R. Kenneth Marcus Department of Chemistry Howard L. Hunter Chemical Laboratories Clemson University Clemson SC 29634 ThP16 TWO-DIMENSIONAL DIFFUSION IN A GLOW DISCHARGE CELL THE EFFECT OF CELL GEOMETRY ON ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE. Mark van Straaten Akos Vertes and Renaat Gijbels University of Antwerp Department of Chemistry Universiteitplein 1 B-2610 WilrijWAntwerp Belgium ThP17 OPTIMIZATION OF AQUISITION AND INTENSITY MEASUREMENT FOR ION SOURCE OF GDMS. H.B. Lim Composition Analysis Laboratory Korea Standards Research Institute P.O. Box 3 Taedok Science Town Taejon 305-606 Republic of Korea ThP18 ANALYTICAL AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GD-MS. Gary Horlick L. Burton and X. Feng Depart- ment of Chemistry University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada ThP19 QUADROPOLE VERSUS MAGNETIC SECTOR GDMS COMPARISON OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICAL CA- PABILITIES.Wojciech Vieth Angelika Raith and Jack C. Huneke 301 Chesapeake Dr. Redwood City CA 94063 ThP20 ANALYSIS OF HIGH P'JRITY TITANIUM AND TITANIUM ALLOYS BY GLOW DISCHARGE MASS SPECTROMETRY. Duencheng Fang Materials Research COT. Route 303 Orangeburg NY 10962 Chromatographic Detectors ThP21 APPLICATION OF A MICROWAVE INDUCED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION DETECTOR FOR GC TO QUANTITATION OF HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS. Nada Kovacic and Terry L. Ramus Dow Chemical Company P.O. Box 1398 Pittsburg CA 94565 ThP22 DETERMINATION OF VOLATILE HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS IN PUBLIC INDOOR SWIMMING POOL AIR WITH CC-AED-DETECTION Michael Faust Frank Winter and Karl Cammann Institut fiir Chemo- und Biosen- sor& e.V.c/o Lehrstuhl ffir Analytische Chemie Wilhelm-Klemm Strasse 8 D-4400 Munster Federal Republic of Germanyxii JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 1991 VOL. 6 ThP23 ANALYSIS OF PESTICIDE MIXTURES BY SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - MICROWAVE- INDUCED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY. Lisa K. Olson and Joseph A. Caruso University of Cincinnati Department of Chemistry ML 172 Cincinnati OH 45221 ThP24 INDUCTmLY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY AS DETECTOR FOR CHROMATOGRAPHY. Chunliang Bi E. Hywel Evans and Joseph A. Caruso University of Cincinnati Department of Chemistry Cincinnati OH 45221- 0172 7:00 conference Dinner Friday January 10,1992 9. Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry Fundamentals James McLaren Chairman 8:OO PL5 A COMPARISON OF ICP-AES AND ICP-MS FOR ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS.Gary Horlick University of Alberta Department of Chemistry Edmanton Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada 9:OO Break 9:15 IL12 WHAT’S REALLY NEW IN ICP-MS? RS. Houk H.S. Niu X. Chen A.R. Warren and L. Alves Ames Laboratory - USDOE Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 5001 1 9:45 IL13 CONVERTABLE ICP AND GD MASS SPECTROMETER. Hiroshi Kawaguchi Nagoya University Faculty of Engin- eering Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464 Japan la15 F1 SPACE CHARGE MODIFICATION OF MEASURED ION KINETIC ENERGIES IN ICP-MS. Scott D. Tanner SCIEX 55 Glenmeron Road Thornhill Ontario L3T 1P2 Canada 1&35 F2 SIGNAL FLUCTUATIONS IN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY. Steven E. Hobbs and John W. Olesk Department of Chemistry Venable and Kenan Laboratories University of North Carolina Chapel Hill NC 27599-3290 1055 F3 MORE ICP-MS POLYATOMIC ION INTERFERENCES AND PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING OF CON- COMITANT ION MATRIX SUPPRESSION AND ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS.Henry P. Longerich Simon E. Jackson and Brian J. Fryer Department of Earth Sciences and Centre for Earth Resources Research Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s NF A1B 3x5 Canada 11:15 F4 STUDIES OF SURFACE WAVE PLASMAS AS ION SOURCES IN MASS SPECTROMETRY. Denis Boudreau and Joseph Hubert D6partement de chimie Universit6 de Man&&& P.O. Box 6128 Station A MontrM Qui%ec H3C 3J7 Canada 11:35 F5 DESIGN PARAMETERS OF A NEW ICP-MS INSTRUMENT. Chris Tye and Peter Hitchen VG Elemental Ion Path Road Three Winsford Cheshire CW7 3BX United Kingdom 1155 Discussion and Questions 1200 Lunch 10.Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry Applications Sam Houk Chairman 1:OO IL14 APPLICATIONS OF ICP-MS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. James W. McLaren National Research Council of Canada Institute for Environmental Chemistry Ottawa Ontario K1A OR6 Canada 1:30 F6 CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBMISSION SUSPENDED PARTICULATES BY FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION - INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY. Howard E. Taylor and John R. Gar- barino US Geological Survey Denver Colorado; Deirdre Hotchin and Ronald Beckett Water Studies Centre and Department of Chemistry Monash University Melbourne Australia 150 F7 MULTIELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES WITH LOW-COST INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER. Michael R.Pianb and Jeffrey A. Holmgren WMI Environmental MonitoringJOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 199 1 VOL. 6 ... X l l l Laboratories Inc. 2100 Cleanwater Drive Geneva IL 60134 2:lO F8 ARSENIC SPECIATION IN BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES BY LIQUID CHROMATO- GRAPHY COMBINED WITH ON-LINE HYDRIDE GENERATION AND INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY. Raimund Roehl and Maricia M. Alforque California Public Health Foundation Department of Health Services Hazardous Materials Laboratory 2151 Berkeley Way Berkeley CA 94704 and John Riviello. Dionex Corporation 1228 Titan Way Sunnyvale CA 94088-3606 2:30 F9 ICPMS FOR PLANT ANALYSIS. Greg W. Johnson and Robert 0. Miller DANR Analytical Lab and Patrick H. Brown Department of Pomology University of Califomia Davis California 95616 250 F1O DETERMINATION OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS BY SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATO- GRAPHY-INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY (SFC-ICP-MS).Jeffrey M. Carey Nohora P. Vela and Joseph A. Caruso University of Cincinatti Department of Chemistry Cincinnati OH 45221-0172 3:lO Break 3:30 F11 THE ANALYSIS OF REACTIVE ORGANOMETALLIC SPECIES IN VOLATILE ORGANICS BY INDUCTIVE- LY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY. James Hartley Steve J. Hill and Les Ebdon Plymouth Analytical Chem- istry Research Unit Department of Environmental Science Polytechnic South West Drakes Circus Plymouth Devon PLA 8AA. United Kingdom 350 F12 EXPERIENCE IN THE ANALYSIS OF ACTINIDES IN NUCLEAR MATERIALS BY ICPNS. Jo& Ignacio Garcia Alonso Dominique Thoby-Schultzendorff Bruno Giovannone and Lothar Koch Commission of the European Communities Joint Research Centre Institute for Transuranium Elements Postfach 2340 D-7500 Karlsruhe Germany 4:lO F13 THE EFFECT OF MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS ON THE ESTIMATION OF THORIUM AND URANIUM IN ROCK SAMPLES BY INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY.V. Balaram K.V. Anjaiah and C. Manikyamba National Geophysical Research Institute Hyderabad-500 007 India 4130 F14 LASER ABLATION MICROPROBE-INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY (LAM-ICP- MS). Simon E. Jackson Henry P. Longerich and Brian J. Fryer Memorial University of Newfoundland Department of Earth Sciences and Centre for Earth Resources Research St. John's NF A1B 3x5 Canada 4:50 F15 ANALYSIS OF USGS ROCK STANDARDS BY LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY.Ruth E. Wolf Environmental Chemistry Unit EG&G Idaho Tnc. P.O. Box 1625 Idaho Falls ID 83415-4107 5:lO F16 ANALYSIS OF SOLID SAMPLES BY LASER ABLATION HIGH RESOLUTION ICP-MS. Amanda Walsh Neil Bradshaw and Ian Abell VG Elemental Ion Path Road Three Winsford Cheshire CW7 3BX United Kingdom 5130 F17 DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN POLYMERS BY LASER ABLATION - INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY. Charles J. Lord III and Eric W. Nelson Phillips Petroleum Company Research and Development Bartlesville OK 74004 550 Discussion and Questions 6:OO PD4 CRITICAL NEEDS FOR PLASMA SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY Akbar Montaser George Washington University Department of Chemistry Washington DC 20052 7:OO Social Hour Saturday January 11,1992 8:OO P M TOWARD THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLASMA-SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETERS.Gary M. Hieftje Indiana University Department of Chemistry Bloomington IN 47405 9:OO Break 11. Glow Discharge Spectrometry Sergio Caroli and Kenneth Marcus Chairmen 9:15 IL15 GLOW DISCHARGES FOR PLASMA SPECTROCHEMISTRY. Willard W. Harrison University of Florida 2014 Turlington Hall Gainesville FL 3261 1xiv JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 1991 VOL. 6 9:45 S1 SOME ASPECTS ON LINE SELECTION FOR QUANTITATIVE DEPTH PROFILE ANALYSIS WITH GD-OES. Arne Bengtson Swedish Institute for Metals Research Drottning lKristinas viig 48 S-11428 Stockholm Sweden 1&05 S2 LINE SELECTION AND ANALYTICAL FIGURES OF MERIT IN RADIO FREQUENCY GLOW DISCHARGE EMISSION SPECTROMETRY. Tina Harville and R.Kenneth Marcus Department of Chemistry Howard L. Hunter Chemical Laboratories Clemson University Cleanson SC 29634-1905 1025 S3 SAMPLING RADIO FREQUENCY GLOW DISCHARGE SOURCES WITH ION TRAP AND FOURIER TRANS- FORM/ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETERS. R. Kenneth Marcus' Douglas C. Duckworth'q Gary L. Glish2 Scott A. McLuckey2 Michelle Buchanan2 Marcus B. Wise2 Joseph M. Pochkowski3 and Robert R. Weller3; 'Department of Chemistry Howard L. Hunter Chemical Laboratories Clemson University Clemson SC 29634-1905; 2Analytical Chemistry Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831; h v h m e n t a l Technology Section Savannah River Laboratory Aiken SC 29802 1045 S4 A RADIO-FREQUENCY GLOW DISCHARGE SOURCE FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY.Jeffrey J. Giglio E. Hywel Evans and Joseph A. Caruso University of Cincinnati Department of Chemistry Cincinnati OH 45221-172 11:05 S5 IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF SURFACE LAYERS BY GLOW DISCHARGE MASS SPECTROMETRY. Norbert Jakubowski and Dietmar Stuewer Institut flir Spektrochemie und angewandte Spektroskopie Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Str. 11 D-W 4600 1 Federal Republic of Germany 1125 S6 DEPTH PROFILING BY GLOW DISCHARGE MASS SPECTROMETRY. Dyfvdd Milton Robert Hutton Neil Bradshaw Mark Jackson and Angelica Raith VG Elemental Ion Path Road Three Winsford Cheshire CW7 3BX United Kingdom 11:45 S7 QUANTITATIVE DEPTH PROFILING OF CYLINDRICAL AND PLANAR LAYERED SAMPLES WITH GDMS. Mark van Straaten and Renaat Gijkls University of Antwerp Department of Chemistry Universiteitsplein 1 B-2610 WilrijWAnt- werp Belgium 1205 Lunch 12.Plasma Spectroscopic Detection in Chromatography Peter Uden Chairman 1:OO IL16 INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA DETECTION IN MICROCOLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY. Kiyokatsu Jinno Toyohashi University of Technology Materials Science Tempakucho Toyohashi 440 Japan 1:30 S8 APPLICATION OF GC-ESD IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. Giinter Knapp B. Platzer E. Leitner R. Gross and A. Schalk Graz University of Technology Department for Analytical Chemistry Micro- and Radiochemistry Technikerstrasse 4 A-8010 Graz Austria 150 S9 DETERMINATION OF OXYGEN-CONTAINING ADDITIVES IN GASOLINE BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH A MICROWAVE-INDUCED PLASMA EMISSION DETECTOR. Scott R. Goode and Christopher L. Thomas Depart- ment of Chemistry University of South Carolina Columbia SC 29208 210 S10 ULTRATRACE SPECIATION OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY.Ryszard Lobinski and Freddie C. A h University of Antwerp Department of Chemistry Universiteitsplein 1 B-2610 Wilrijl Belgium. 230 S11 ELEMENT SPECIFIC DETECTION IN GC BY MICROWAVE INDUCED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY USING A SURFATRON AND A NIR FI' SPECTROMETER SUMMARY OF DEVELOPMENTS AND PERFORMANCE. Robert L.A. Sing Claude Lauzon Khan Chi Tran and Joseph Hubert UniversiG de MontrCal D6partement de Chimie P.O. Box 6128 Station A Montrkal Qukbec H3C 3J7 Canada 250 S12 PYROLYSIS-GC-AES OF SEDIMENTS COALS AND OTHER PETROCHEMICAL PRECURSORS. Peter C. Uden Jeffrey A. Seeley and Yadi Zeng Department of Chemistry Lederle Graduate Research Tower A University of Massachu- setts Amherst MA 01003 and Timothy I.Eglinton Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Woods Hole MA 02543 3 10 Break 3:s S13 A MICROCONCENTRIC DIRECT NEBULIZER FOR INTERFACING MICROCOLUMN ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETER FOR ELEMENTAL SPECIATION. Daniel R. Wiederin CETAC Technologies Inc. 5600 S. 42nd Street Omaha NE 68107 and Douglas T. Gjerde Smasep Inc. 1600 Wyatt Drive Suite 10 Santa Clara CA 95054JOURN.4L OF ANALYTIC.4L ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY. AUGUST 199 1. VOL. 6 XV 3~45 S14 ELEMENTAL SPECIATION BY LC-ICP-MS WITH DIRECT INJECTION NEBULIZATION. S.-C. Chum R. Nedderson and R.S. Houk Ames Laboratory - USDOE Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 5001 1 4:05 S15 A THERMOSPRAY-MEMBRANE SEPARATOR INTERFACE FOR PORPHYRIN SPECIATIOS STUDIES IN CRUDE OILS BY HPLC-ICP-MS. Ron J.Lukasiewicz and B.D. Webb Unocal Science and Technology Division Unocal Corpor- ation 376 South Valencia Ave. Brea CA 92621 4125 S16 SEPARATION OF METALLOPORPHYRINS BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY AND DETECTION BY IS- DUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY. Uma T. Kumar E. Hywei Evans John G . Dorsey and Joseph A. Caruso Department of Chemistry University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH 45221-0172 4:45 S17 EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE PRESSURE PROGRAMMING AND MOBILE PHASE COMPOSITION IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (SFC) FOR THE SEPARATION OF ORGAYOTIN COMPOUXDS USING ICP-MS DETECTION. Nohora P. Vela Hywel Evans and Joseph A.Caruso Department of Chemistry University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH 45221 -0172 5 9 5 PD5 CRITICAL NEEDS FOR PLASMA SOURCE CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETECTION SYSTEMS. Joesph A. Caruso Department of Chemistry University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH 45221 -0172 6:OO CONFERENCE CLOSING.xvi JOURNAL OF AN.ALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 1991 VOL. 6 Ramon #A. 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