title: Simultaneous determination of major, minor and trace elements in biocarbonates by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
abstract: A method was developed for simultaneous determination of major (Ca), minor (Mg and Sr) and trace (Ba and U) elements in biocarbonates by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The method precision (RSD%) is 0.73% for Ca, 0.77% for Mg, 0.59% for Sr, 2.02% for Ba, 1.13% for U, 0.67% for Mg/Ca, 0.27% for Sr/Ca, 2.06% for Ba/Ca and 1.23% for U/Ca. The ratio precision suggests that ICP-MS is satisfactory for obtaining multi-ratio data from biocarbonates. This technique was applied to 67 continuous coral samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, China. ysun@hkusua.hku.hk
authors.forename: Yali
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry; D002254:Carbonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002254:Carbonates; D008670:Metals