Utility of ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MSInductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is principally used for rapid, precise and accurate trace element (<1000 ppm) determinations in liquid and solid samples, but other applications include isotopic determinations and speciation studies. The power of modern ICP-MS resides in its ability to rapidly measure trace elements at very low detection limits (to sub part per trillion levels) as well as minor and major elements (at parts per million levels) in the same analytical run on suitably diluted samples. The PEACE Lab features two Agilent 8900 tandem MS/MS instruments (aka ICP-QQQ) offering superior accuracy and lowest detection limits compared to conventional single quadrupole ICP-MS. Most elements on the periodic table can be measured in the same run. Exceptions include C, N, O, Tc, Pm, F, Cl, and noble gases.
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LAB NEWSFALL 2025Close-in and far-out A decade in the making, the Quadrupole ICP-MS Lab moved to a larger renovated space in the Molecular Biology Building (MBB 1.318), a 580-step walk from JGB. The newly named Texas PEACE Core or PEACE Lab (Plasma Elemental Analysis CorE) features new state-of-the-art ICP-QQQ instrumentation and teaching space.
Lab Supported Research Presented at GSA San Antonio This year, the Geological Society of America meeting took place in San Antonio. 8 presentations by JSG researchers featured analytical work performed in the PEACE Lab. See presentations and archived lab news here.
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