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<description><![CDATA[Ha...that is great! Most methods are performance based so you can just add deviations to your SOPs. Most chemists get too caught up in the detains and ignore what actually works.<br />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:43:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[People will think I'm crazy for doing this, but we use 10 ml of concentrated HCl for our solid sample digestions (following 3050B for flame digestions).  It is the last step of our digestion procedure in between adding peroxide  and pulling the samples out of the hotblock.  We filter and dilute the digestate up to 100 ml with deionized water.  Given the nature of our samples, we have the capability of diluting each digestate 1/5.  So far we have not had any problems...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:59:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[My calibration curve is:<br />0.5 ppb<br />10 ppb<br />50 ppb<br />100 ppb<br />This curve has always worked well for me for most elements.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:22:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We calibrate from 0.1 ppb to 200 ppb and report Cr at 1 ppb.  It can be extremely difficult at times, but maybe we should look at calibrating much closer to our RL's.  Thank for the pointer riverbrat.  Our concentration for HNO3 is 2% (v/v) and HCl is 1% (v/v).  We should look at going to 1%/0.5% respectively.  Does anyone see excessive carryover for Tl and Mo?  I look forward to hearing from all of you.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:53:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What concentration are you acheive? I use 0.5% HCl for aqueous digestion and obtain great results for Cr down to 5ppb. The correction for Cl and O can reduce accuracy on the low end. Make sure your range is not to big i.e I calibrate with a blank, 5ppb, 20ppb, 50ppb and 100ppb. If you calibrate too high you will give up accuracy at the low end.<br />]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:33:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you are not analyzing sludge, solid or soil samples, then you may have to use a little bit of HCl.  For aqueous samples I use the following digestion method:<br />Shake sample and aliquot 50 mL of sample into vial<br />Add 1000 uL of 1:1 trace metal grade HNO3 and Type I water solution<br />Add 500 uL of 1:1 Ultra trace metal grade HCl and Type I water solution<br />Place watchlids on each vial and place samples on block digestion system set to 85 C for 5-6 hours (until samples are reduced b...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:29:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[6020A is not a sample preparation method, it is an analytical method to be used in tandem with one of the 3000 series sample prep methods.<br />If you are using a block digestion system then you need to follow 3050b digestion method, which does not use HCl. Here is that method in a nutshell:<br />Weigh out 1-2 grams of a well mixed sample into a digestion vial<br />Add 10 mL of a 1:1 trace metal grade HNO3 in Type I water solution<br />Place watchlids on vials and reflux for 15-20 minutes on blo...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:25:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Avoid using HCL for digestion of samples if you are running ICP MS. you may preferably use HNO3.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Is anyone out there using HCl in their digestion?  If so what volume of HCl are you adding to your 50mL digestion?  If Cr is working well for you with HCl in your digestion, are you using a collision or reaction cell.  I use an Elan 9000 and have found Cr to be unstable with HCl in the digestion.  If I switch to HNO3 only digestion, Cr is stable.  But that would double the work for my lab.  Let me know what you are doing in your lab.  We use a Scott Spray Chamb...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
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