Development of methods to improve the robustness of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry while also improving detection limits

开发方法以提高电感耦合等离子体质谱的稳健性，同时提高检测限

• 批准号: 503887-2016
• 负责人: Beauchemin, Diane
• 金额: $ 3.32万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=618924
• 关键词: Development; methods; improve; robustness; inductively

Many laboratories have to perform the accurate analysis of numerous samples everyday, from service laboratories, such as Activation Laboratories Ltd (Actlabs) whose livelihood is to perform analyses, to government agencies (such as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Health Canada and Environment Canada to name a few), which monitor food, drugs, water, etc. for our safety. However, limitations of the instruments that are used for this purpose often complicate the analyses by requiring additional steps, which unavoidably decrease the number of samples that can be analyzed each day. Furthermore, available instruments can barely detect several elements of interest. The goal of this collaborative research effort between the Department of Chemistry at Queen's University and Actlabs is to develop practical, easily implementable means of circumventing the main limitations of these instruments that could be applied to industry, as opposed to more esoteric approaches that remain isolated in academia. To this end, several approaches will be optimized or developed to (1) make the measurement largely independent of sample composition and (2) decrease the lowest quantity of metal-containing species that can be measured in a variety of samples. This collaboration will benefit Queen's through new basic and applied research directions, salary support for students, and publication of basic research results. Actlabs will benefit from new analytical techniques that they can successfully use for more effective analysis of geochemical samples, with shorter turnaround time, which should attract more clients. Canada will benefit from the increased speed and reduced cost at which mining projects can develop. Mining and exploration companies indeed require analytical results at every step through the development process and cannot proceed to the next step without these results. Reducing the turnaround time will thus speed up mine development. As a large part of Canada's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is from the mining sector (57 billion reported in July 2012), this will have a tremendous effect on Canadian GDP.

许多实验室必须每天对众多样本进行准确的分析，从服务实验室（例如Actipation Laboratories Ltd（ActLabs））生计是进行分析，到政府机构（例如加拿大食品检验局，加拿大卫生部和加拿大卫生部和加拿大的加拿大卫生部和少数），以监控食品，药品，水，水等。但是，用于此目的的仪器的局限性通常通过需要其他步骤来使分析变得复杂，这不可避免地减少了每天可以分析的样本数量。此外，可用的仪器几乎无法检测到几个感兴趣的要素。皇后大学化学系与ACTLABS化学系之间的合作研究工作的目的是开发可实施的，易于实施的方法，以规避这些工具的主要局限性，这些工具的主要局限性可以应用于行业，而不是在学术界保持孤立的更深奥的方法。为此，将优化或开发几种方法（1）使测量很大程度上独立于样品组成，（2）减少可以在各种样品中测量的含金属物质的最低量。这项合作将通过新的基础研究和应用研究方向，学生的薪水支持以及基础研究结果的发布来使女王受益。 ACTLABS将受益于新的分析技术，它们可以成功地用于对地球化学样本进行更有效的分析，并且周转时间较短，这应该吸引更多的客户。加拿大将受益于采矿项目发展的速度和降低的成本。采矿和勘探公司确实需要在整个开发过程中的每一步都需要分析结果，并且没有这些结果，就无法踏上下一步。因此，减少周转时间将加快地雷的发展。作为加拿大国内生产总值（GDP）的很大一部分来自采矿业（2012年7月报道了570亿次），这将对加拿大GDP产生巨大影响。