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Table 1 ICP-MS working parameters

From: Gold determination in soil by ICP-MS: comparison of sample pretreatment methods

Parameter

Setting

Parameter

Setting

Radiofrequency power

1150 W

Detector

Dual

Nebulizer gas flow

0.92 L/min

Measure mode

Standard

Cooling gas flow

18 L/min

Scanning mode

Peak hopping

Auxiliary gas flow

1.2 L/min

Dwell time

50 ms

Sampling cone orifice

1.1 mm

Sampling time

60 s

Skimmer cone orifice

0.9 mm

Sweep

20

Hyper skimmer cone orifice

1.0 mm

Reading

1

Sampling depth

8 mm

Number of replicates

3