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Article Citation - WoS: 57Determination of Plutonium in Seawater Using Co-Precipitation and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry With Ultrasonic Nebulisation(Elsevier Ltd., 1998-07-06) Eroğlu, Ahmet Emin; McLeod, Cameron W.; Leonard, Kinson S.; McCubbin, David; 04.01. Department of Chemistry; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyA flow injection–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometric (FI–ICP–MS) procedure, utilising ultrasonic nebulisation with membrane desolvation (USN/MD), has been developed for the determination of plutonium (Pu) in seawater at fg l−1 concentration levels. Seawater samples (1 l), after filtration, were subjected to co-precipitation with NdF3, followed by ion exchange to enrich Pu and to reject seawater matrix ions and co-existing uranium. The seawater concentrate (1.0 ml) was then analysed by FI–ICP–MS. The limit of detection for in seawater based on an enrichment factor of 1000 was 5 fg l−1, and precision at the 0.80 pg l−1 level was 12% RSD. Accuracy was verified via recovery experiments, and by comparing survey data for the Irish Sea with that derived by standard methodology based on co-precipitation and α-spectrometry. Concentrations for dissolved in the Irish Sea were in the range of 0.267–0.941 pg l−1 (0.614–2.164 mBq l−1) and 0.051–0.196 pg l−1 (0.428–1.646 mBq l−1), respectively.Article Citation - WoS: 46Determination of Technetium in Sea-Water Using Ion Exchange and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry With Ultrasonic Nebulisation(Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998-09) Eroğlu, Ahmet Emin; McLeod, Cameron W.; Leonard, Kinson S.; McCubbin, David; 04.01. Department of Chemistry; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyAn enrichment–separation scheme employing a strong-base type anion-exchange resin was developed for the determination of99Tc in sea-water by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry utilising ultrasonic nebulisation with membrane desolvation. Samples were processed through an anion-exchange column to enrich Tc and to eliminate sea-water matrix ions. The limit of detection for 99Tc in sea-water based on processing a 14 ml sample was 0.03 ng l–1. Accuracy was verified with spike recovery experiments. The potential for rapid on-line sample processing via a microcolumn–flow injection system was demonstrated.