Method development for determination of trace amounts of silicon in hydrofluoric acid digests of biological samples and lung biopsy tissues by ICP-MS
Description
A method was described for determination of trace levels of silicon by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) from hydrofluoric (HF) digests of biological samples. The volatility of silicon in HF digests was examined with synthetic solutions as well as soil and mine waste samples. A digestion scheme was optimized to achieve complete dissolution, avoid loss of volatile silicon species and produce sample solutions that can be directly analyzed by ICP-MS. The performance of the method performance was validated by analysis of a number plant and tissue certified reference materials for silicon by ICP-MS. The method was then applied to the determination of silicon from lung biopsy tissues obtained from military personnel and coal miners.
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https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VLL9VJ |
Tags
- environment
- method-development
- geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center
- inductively-coupled-plasma-spectrometry
- elemental-analysis
- lung-tissue
- silicon
- mineral-resources-program
- gggsc
- mrp
- health
- digestion
- usgs-65440eebd34ee4b6e05bee4a