JAAS News

JAAS, 2011, 26(10):1909-2096

In the latest issue of JAAS, the cover highlights work on determining uranium isotopic ratios.

Huanwen Chen of the East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, and colleagues used extractive electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (EESI-MS) for the quantitative detection of uranium isotopic ratios in samples from natural water, uranium ore and soil.  Their results indicate that this method enables fast detection of uranium isotopes with potential applications in nuclear research laboratories and the nuclear energy industry.

Technical Note: Determination of uranium isotopic ratio (²³⁵U/²³⁸U) using extractive electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
Chunxiao Liu, Bin Hu, Jianbo Shi, Jianqiang Li, Xinglei Zhang and Huanwen Chen
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 2045-2051
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10054H

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Why not browse some of our latest high-quality technical notes?  Amongst those featured in this issue are:

Technical Note: Plasma quenching during hydrocarbon sample introduction via gas chromatography into a pulsed ms dc-glow discharge
Daniel Fliegel and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 2052-2057
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00274G

Technical Note: Batch is bad? Leaching of Opalinus clay samples and ICP-MS determination of extracted elements
Ralf Kautenburger
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 2089-2092
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10142K

And don’t forget to take a look at the latest Atomic Spectrometry Update, also in this issue:

Atomic spectrometry update: X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Margaret West, Andrew T. Ellis, Philip J. Potts, Christina Streli, Christine Vanhoof, Dariusz Wegrzynek and Peter Wobrauschek
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1919-1963
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA90038B

JAAS, 2011, 26(9): 1689-1908

Issue 9 of JAAS is now online and includes a Critical Review from Petra Krystek and colleagues on the application of plasma spectrometry for the analysis of engineered nanoparticles.

Critical Review: Application of plasma spectrometry for the analysis of engineered nanoparticles in suspensions and products
Petra Krystek, Andrea Ulrich, Carmen Cecilia Garcia, Srirang Manohar and Rob Ritsema
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1701-1721
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10071H

The front cover highlights work by Sohail Mushtaq from the group of Juliet Pickering at Imperial College and collaborators from London Metropolitan University and EMPA looking at the role of oxygen in analytical glow discharges.

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The role of oxygen in analytical glow discharges: GD-OES and GD-ToF-MS studies
Sohail Mushtaq, Juliet C. Pickering, Edward B. M. Steers, Peter Horvath, James A. Whitby and Johann Michler
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1746-1755
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10087D

JAAS, 26(7):1305-1548

Issue 7 is now online, with a big collection of articles: one Critical Review, 23 papers and 7 Technical Notes.

The striking front cover highlights work from François Doucet from the Industrial Materials Institute, Canada, on a compact pulsed fiber laser source.

Evaluation of a compact high power pulsed fiber laser source for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Jean-François Y. Gravel, François R. Doucet, Paul Bouchard and Mohamad Sabsabi
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1354-1361
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00228C

The inside front cover highlights work by Yu-Te Hsieh and Gideon Henderson from the University of Oxford on the study of radium isotope ratios in seawater.

Precise measurement of ²²⁸Ra/²²⁶Ra ratios and Ra concentrations in seawater samples by multi-collector ICP mass spectrometry
Yu-Te Hsieh and Gideon M. Henderson
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1338-1346
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10013K

JAAS, 2011, 26(3):465-636

Issue 3 has just been published online, so head over to the JAAS homepage to take a look.  On this month’s cover, work by Thomas Pettke et al. to determine lead isotope ratios is highlighted.

They present an analytical protocol for measuring isotope ratios on minute analyte quantities by multiple-collector ICP-MS in fast transient signal mode.  They say that this has great potential for applications to geochemical, archaeological, environmental and possibly biochemical problems.

Quantification of transient signals in multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: accurate lead isotope ratio determination by laser ablation of individual fluid inclusions
Thomas Pettke, Felix Oberli, Andreas Audétat, Uwe Wiechert, Caroline R. Harris and Christoph A. Heinrich
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 475-492
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00140F

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JAAS, 2011, 26(2): 237 to 464

Featured on the cover of Issue 2 is a Technical Note by Davis and Long looking at measuring mercury species in blood.
The article will be free to access for 5 weeks, so do take a look and leave your comments back here on the blog.

Technical Note: Measurements of methylmercury, ethylmercury, and inorganic mercury species in a whole blood standard reference material: SRM 955c—Toxic Elements in Caprine Blood
W. Clay. Davis and Stephen E. Long
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 431-435
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00175A