Table 1 Experimental parameters of TOFWERK icpTOF-R.

From: Geochemical characterization of millions of individual atmospheric particles entrapped in Antarctic ice across the last glacial-interglacial transition

Parameters

Values

Plasma power (W)

1500–1550

Plasma gas(L min−1)

17

Auxiliary gas(L min−1)

1.0

Nebulizer gas flow (L min−1)

1.0–1.4

Sample uptake rate (µL min−1), freely aspirated

~ 50–70*

60 nm Au particle, transport efficiency

10–20%*

Integration time, solution (ms)

1000

Integration time, single particle (ms)

2

Notched m/z

31, 40, 80

  1. *Varied day to day and dependent on sample uptake rate used; measured each day.