Ed. Prudnikov et Rm. Barnes, Theoretical calculation of the standard deviation in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, J ANAL ATOM, 14(1), 1999, pp. 27-31
The theoretical calculation of the standard deviation in inductively couple
d plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was investigated The theoretical depend
ence of the standard deviation on instrument parameters and element concent
ration was examined. The connection between the standard deviation and the
detection limit was demonstrated. The theoretical results were compared wit
h experimental data and showed good agreement. The theory proposed may be u
sed for the improvement of the detection limit in ICP-MS.