JAAS News

We’ve already had some great HOT articles this month in JAAS, and we’re only in week 1! Take a look below at some of the great science we’ve published so far. The papers will be free to read for 2 weeks.

The analysis of environmental samples by ICP-AES was improved by a collaborative team from Italy and Spain.

Improving the analytical performances of ICP-AES by using a high-temperature single-pass spray chamber and segmented-injections micro-sample introduction for the analysis of environmental samples
Francisco Ardini, Marco Grotti, Raquel Sánchez and José Luis Todolí
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30152K

A group working in Shanghai, China, has been looking at zinc-containing steelmaking waste, and ways at better dealing with it.

Quantitative Zn speciation in zinc-containing steelmaking wastes by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Lihua Wang, Xiaoming Lu, Xiangjun Wei, Zheng Jiang, Songqi Gu, Qian Gao and Yuying Huang
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30094J

This tutorial reviews fundamental aspects of isotope abundance ratio measurement by inductively coupled plasma-sector field mass spectrometry.

Isotope abundance ratio measurements by inductively coupled plasma-sector field mass spectrometry
Douglas C. Baxter, Ilia Rodushkin and Emma Engström
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30153A