Affiliation:
1. The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), School of Material Energy Water and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania
Abstract
Increased demand for monitoring and identification of novel and unknown fluorinated compounds (FCs) has demonstrated the need of sensitive fluorine-specific detectors for unknown FCs in both biological and environmental matrices. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a promising technique for analysis of FCs and has been rated as the most powerful tool in analytical chemistry. However, direct determination of fluorine using this technique is challenged by high ionization potential of fluorine together with spectral and nonspectral interferences which affect the quality of results. To enhance the quality of results, several studies have reported modifications of a conventional ICP-MS analysis procedure on sample preparation, introduction, analysis, and instrument optimization. Therefore, the focus of this study is to discuss different ICP-MS optimizations and future trends towards the effective analysis of FCs using ICP-MS.
Funder
Partnership for Applied Skills in Sciences, Engineering and Technology-Regional Scholarship Innovation Fund
Subject
Computer Science Applications,Instrumentation,General Chemical Engineering,Analytical Chemistry