Selective ultra trace isotope determination in environmental and biomedical studies by high-resolution resonance ionization mass spectrometry

Klaus Wendt; K. Blaum; Ch. Geppert; P. Mueller; N. Trautmann

doi:10.1117/12.463825

28 March 2002 Selective ultra trace isotope determination in environmental and biomedical studies by high-resolution resonance ionization mass spectrometry

Klaus Wendt, K. Blaum, Ch. Geppert, P. Mueller, N. Trautmann

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Proceedings Volume 4634, Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463825
Event: High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The precise determination of relative abundances of ultra trace isotopes in the range below 10^-9 is of importance for a wide spectrum of applications in fields like environmental protection, cosmo-chemistry, bio-medical tracer studies or geological and geo-chronological investigations. The necessary high isotopic selectivity, rather complete isobaric suppression and good overall efficiency for these investigations is provided by high-resolution resonance ionization mass spectrometry. Multi-step continuous wave laser excitation and ionization using diode lasers at a compact quadrupole mass spectrometer has been optimized to become a powerful and reliable experimental method, which is just becoming competitive to accelerator mass spectrometry. With this technique we have performed measurements with high isotopic selectivity above 10¹⁰ on the isotopes ⁹⁰Sr and ⁴¹Ca while further studies concern Gd and Pu isotopes. In all cases extensive atomic spectroscopic investigations were required as basis for analytical studies.

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Klaus Wendt, K. Blaum, Ch. Geppert, P. Mueller, and N. Trautmann "Selective ultra trace isotope determination in environmental and biomedical studies by high-resolution resonance ionization mass spectrometry", Proc. SPIE 4634, Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection II, (28 March 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463825

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