Abstract:
Laser denudation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry is used for determination of 18 the impurity elements such as Ag, As, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ir, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Pd, Pt, Rh, Te, Zn. Standard curve is mapped with gold standard samples and optimal working parameters are optimized. When the laser energy is 60 %, denudation bore diameter is 110 μm, scanning rate is 50 μm/s, impulse rate is 10 Hz and the carrier gas flow is 0.80 L/min, the linear coefficient of the standard curve of each element is 0.9650-0.9995, the detection limit of each element is 0.010-0.660 μg/g, the relative standard deviation (RSD) is 0.75 %-11.42 % (except for Fe, Ni). The results of impurity elements determination in pure gold with this method are consistent with ICP-AES.