Resonant Laser Excitation/Ionization and Mass Spectrometry in Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
Titel:
Resonant Laser Excitation/Ionization and Mass Spectrometry in Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
Auteur:
Tissue, Brian M.
Verschenen in:
Applied spectroscopy reviews
Paginering:
Jaargang 29 (1994) nr. 3-4 pagina's 367-414
Jaar:
1994-11-01
Inhoud:
This paper reviews the coupling of resonant laser ionization and laserexcited fluorescence with mass spectrometry to make difficult isotopic-ratio measurements. To keep this review focused and manageable in size, it covers only metal and noble-gas isotopic analyses that find applications in isotope geochemistry and cosmochemisty. Many research groups are applying lasers and mass spectrometry to atomic, molecular, and isotopic analyses that address problems in nuclear physics [1], materials science [2-4], biology [5,6], environmental science, and other areas of geochemistry and cosmochemistry [7,8]. Several previous reviews and monographs cover the basic principles and instrumentation of resonant laser processes and mass spectrometry in more breadth [9-12]. The latest Analytical Chemistry Fundamental Reviews [13] and the published proceedings of the biannual International Symposium on Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy and Its Applications provide updates of other recent work [8]. This review does not comprehensively encompass the use of lasers for analyte sampling by desoxption, ablation, sputtering, or melting. Several other specific reviews discuss laser sampling in elemental [14,15] and stable-isotope analyses [16,17]. This review does include applications in which pulsed ion sputtering and laser desoxption atomize analytes for ionization by resonance ionization mass spectrometry (RIMS). This review also does not include isotopic-analytical methcds that use solely optical spectroscopy. The continuing development of laser and plasma technology is leading to promising spectroscopic-only methods for stable-isotope analysis [18-21].
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