Instrument: Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer
An ICP Mass Spec is an instrument that passes nebulized samples into an inductively-coupled gas plasma (8-10000 K) where they are atomized and ionized. Ions of specific mass-to-charge ratios are quantified in a quadrupole mass spectrometer.
LA-ICP-MS (Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry): Thermo Element 2 single-collector
ICP-MS operating in low-resolution mode with a New Wave Research UP-213 laser ablation unit (at the University of
California Santa Barbara).