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VAM Project becomes a �Hot Article�
A paper describing a VAM funded project has been identified as a �Hot Article� by the editorial team of Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS), based on comments received by the referees during the peer-review process.
The paper (Reference below) gives details of work to extend LGC�s IDMS capability using multi-collector ICP-MS, to allow the certification of materials with high analyte concentration (e.g. pure substance reference materials) yet sustain the high accuracy and low uncertainty of the existing methods applicable to trace analysis. The experimental work detailed in the paper shows the efficacy of the method and also highlights the challenges associated with it.
The paper was peer reviewed by two referees. One referee in particular commented:
"The paper gives a very detailed and interesting description on how to perform isotope dilution when it is not possible to spike to a blend of approximately one. The plentiful data show that the study have been very carefully planned and carried out which ensured that the method is fully validated. The paper could prove to be a future reference paper for ID determinations."
Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, JAAS is an international journal concerned with the development and application of spectrometric techniques to elemental analysis and is widely considered to be the number-one journal for this area of analytical science. The readership is cross-disciplinary and includes: analytical atomic spectrometrists; mass spectrometrists; geochemists; environmental and organometallic chemists at universities and related academic institutes, government and research organisations, industry, independent laboratories and consulting firms. The journal is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Reference
Hearn, R., Evans, P., Sargent, M., "Development of a High Ratio Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry Calibration Technique for Chemical Metrology", Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2005, 20(10), 1019 - 1023
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