APPLICATION OF PARTICLE DESORPTION MASS-SPECTROMETRY TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF MINERALS Academic Article

abstract

• Four mineral specimens were analyzed by particle desorption mass spectrometry using californium-252 as the primary ion source. Pollucite, amblygonite, microcline, and lepidolite, chosen for their high alkali metal content, were characterized with no apparent decrease in the extraction field strength even though the samples were thick and insulating. Further, given the very low bombarding ion fkience, no complications due to charge accumulation on the sample were encountered. Qualitative results obtained by PDMS were validated by XPS, EMP, and SIMS. PDMS provides for a rapid, nondestructive determination of alkali metals in complex natural matrices with minimal sample preparation. 1986, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

authors

• Schweikert, Emile

published proceedings

• ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

author list (cited authors)

• SUMMERS, W. R., & SCHWEIKERT, E. A.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• SUMMERS, WR||SCHWEIKERT, EA

publication date

• August 1986

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• Analytical Chemistry  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/ac00124a005

start page

• 2126

end page

• 2129

volume

• 58

issue

• 11

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1021%2Fac00124a005