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Table 2 Description of operational conditions for ICP-MS of fractionated materials.

From: Antimicrobial activities of commercial nanoparticles against an environmental soil microbe, Pseudomonas putida KT2440

OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS

 

RF power (W)

1550

Plasma gas flow rate (L/min)

15

Hydrogen flow rate (mL/min)

2.5

Helium flow rate (mL/min)

2.5

Carrier flow rate (L/min)

0.9

Make-up gas (L/min)

0.1

Auxiliary gas (L/min)

0.9

Sample flow rate (mL/min)

0.4

Acquisition time per isotope (sec)

0.1

Repetition

3

Total acquisition time for 19 isotopes (sec)

2.85

Total running time (sec)

1880

Tuning solution:

 

   % RSD

< 3%

Sample nebulizer tubing:

 

   Material

Tygon

   Internal diameter (mm)

1.02

AF4 carrier tubing:

 

   Material

PEEK

   Internal diameter (mm)

0.25