Articles | Volume 33, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-305-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-305-2021
Research article
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02 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 02 Jun 2021

Quantification of major and trace elements in fluid inclusions and gas bubbles by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) with no internal standard: a new method

Anastassia Y. Borisova, Stefano Salvi, German Velasquez, Guillaume Estrade, Aurelia Colin, and Sophie Gouy

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We developed a new method for quantifying elemental concentrations in natural and synthetic fluid inclusions and gas bubbles using a laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) method with no internal standard. The method may be applied to estimate trace (metal and metalloid) elemental concentrations in hydrous carbonic (C–O–H) fluid inclusions and bubbles with uncertainty below 25 %.