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Isotope ratio measurements

ALS Scandinavia provides a range of isotope ratio measurement products using ICP-SFMS to industry and environmental agencies:

  • B isotopes in pressurized water reactor fluids, water and solid samples
  • Pb isotopes in biological materials, clinical specimens, water and solid samples
  • Ra isotopes in solutions
  • U isotopes in soil, water and urine samples
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    Research on isotope measurement

    As well as providing routine measurements, ALS Scandinavia AB also conducts research on isotopes in close co-operation with several external institutions, particularly the Divisions of Applied Geology and Chemistry at Luleå University of Technology. This has resulted in a number of publications in the scientific literature ( see List of publications).


     
    High-precision isotope ratio measurement packages

    In 2002, Luleå University of Technology purchased a dedicated instrument for isotope ratio measurement, a multi-collector (MC) ICP-SFMS system, which is installed in ALS Scandinavia AB's laboratory. Using MC-ICP-SFMS, ALS Scandinavia AB can now offer several high-precision isotope ratio measurement packages (see Price list) based on methods developed during the course of this collaborative research:

  • Fe isotopes in human whole blood, biological materials and solid samples

  • Zn isotopes in human whole blood, biological materials and solid samples
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