Major and Trace Element Analysis of Natural and Experimental Igneous Systems using LA–ICP–MS

Jenner, Frances E. and Arevalo, Ricardo D. (2016). Major and Trace Element Analysis of Natural and Experimental Igneous Systems using LA–ICP–MS. Elements, 12(5) pp. 311–316.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.12.5.311

URL: http://www.elementsmagazine.org/archivearticles/e1...

Abstract

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) enables spatially resolved quantitative measurements of major, minor and trace element abundances in igneous rocks and minerals with equal or better precision than many other in situ techniques, and more rapidly than labour-intensive wet chemistry procedures. Common applications for LA–ICP–MS in the Earth sciences centre on investigating the composition of natural and experimental geological materials, including: analysis of whole rock silicate glasses, flux-free pressed powder tablets and/or fused aliquots of materials; in situ probing of individual minerals, xenocrysts, fluid and melt inclusions, experimental run products, and siderophile-rich micronuggets; and multidimensional chemical mapping of complex (multiphase) materials.

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