xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.SimpleSearch.filter.source:Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice. Series A, Faculty of Chemical Technology. 25/2019
ISSN:1211-5541
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the commercial instrumental connection of the
electrothermal vaporization unit (ETV) GF 5000 and the inductively coupled plasma
orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ICP-o-TOF-MS) Optimass
9500, both from the company GBC Scientific Equipment (Braeside, Australia). The
prototype of the ETV unit was borrowed by the manufacturer for the purpose of its
testing in the connection with the ICP-TOF-MS. Information on this technique
instrumental arrangement has not been found in the literature yet. Therefore, the facts
summarized in this paper are based mainly on our observations. The analytical
performance of this technique achieved in our previous work is discussed and compared
to competing spectrochemical methods. The attention was paid to the software and
technical shortcomings observed within three years of working with this configuration.
The influence of shortcomings of the instrument found during testing has been evaluated
from the point of view of potential analytical applicability in its entirety and with respect
to the economic impact on routine use.
