Question

Your research director has assigned you to set up the laboratoryâs mass spectrometer so that it will separate strontium ions

Answer 1

To separate strontium ions using a inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, the spectrometer is calibrated in the following way :-

• 40Hz frequency generator and a charge detector is used to detect strontium ions.
• The device has to be operated in transient acquisition mode.
• cyclonic spray chamber, gas concentric nebulizer and an axial viewing quartz torch is used.
• The power of frequency generator has to be set such that the waves can be clearly seen through spectrometer.