title: Applicability of standardless semiquantitative analysis of solids by high-irradiance laser ionization orthogonal time-of-fight mass spectrometry.
abstract: A compact high-irradiance laser ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry system has been developed for the multielemental analysis of solids. Helium was introduced into the ion source as a buffer gas to cool high kinetic energy ions and suppress the interference of multicharged ions. A special pulse train repelling mode was used to achieve explicit spectra. Two quantitative methods are described for the laser ionization mass spectrometry in this paper. The first of these is the routine calibration curve quantitation, in which various matrix-matched standards are required; the second method, which is based on the uniform correlation between the signal and elemental concentration of different samples, is more convenient and covers a typical dynamic range of 6 orders. All the investigations and results indicate satisfactory performance of the newly developed instrument and its applicability for simultaneous multielemental analysis of solid samples.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Rongfu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lingfeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Benli
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys / Q000032:analysis*; D002138:Calibration; D004867:Equipment Design; D016014:Linear Models; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys