Table of Contents

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Principle
4 Reagents
5 Apparatus
6 Measurement specifications
   6.1 Minimum precision (RSD)
   6.2 Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification
        (LOQ)
7 Sampling
8 Washing
9 Procedure
   9.1 Test portion
   9.2 Blank test solution [blank sample solution]
   9.3 Preparation of the test solution
10 Standard solutions
   10.1 Multi-element standard solutions of the elements Sn,
        Sb, Pb and Bi
   10.2 Standard solutions of the element Ce
11 Preparation of internal standard solutions ('internal
   standards') - Y, Rh and Lu
   11.1 Preparation in polystyrene test tubes
   11.2 Preparation in volumetric flasks
12 Calibration blank solution and calibration solutions
   12.1 Preparation in volumetric flasks
   12.2 Preparation in polystyrene test tubes
13 Conditioning of the ICP-MS instrument
14 ICP-MS measurements
15 Plotting of calibration graphs
16 Expression of results
   16.1 Method of calculation
   16.2 Precision
17 Test report
Annex A (informative) Additional information on the
        international co-operative tests
Annex B (informative) Interferences in the determination of
        elements Sn, Sb, Ce, Pb and Bi using ICP- MS
Bibliography

Abstract

Describes a method for analysing steel and iron for the trace element determinations of Sn, Sb, Ce, Pb and Bi using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	International Organization for Standardization
Pages
ISBN
Committee	TC 17
Supersedes	ISO/DIS 16918-1 : 50.60 (2008)