TY - CONF A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Koenig, Maren T1 - Isotope dilution mass spectrometry applied as primary method of measurement with examples from the ENVCRM project N2 - The presentation describes the application of isotope dilution mass spectrometry as a primary method of measurement with all Advantages and disadvantges. This is exempflified for the candidate reference materials within the EnvCRM Project. T2 - Workshop Matrix Reference Materials for Environmental Analysis CY - Gebze, Turkey DA - 16.05.2018 KW - Reference material KW - Soil KW - Heavy metals PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45896 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Vogl, Jochen T1 - Roadmap for the purity determination of pure metallic elements – Basic rinciples and helpful advice T2 - BIPM Webpage N2 - High purity materials can serve as a realisation of the Système International d’Unitès (SI) unit amount of substance for the specific element. Solutions prepared from such high purity materials using gravimetric preparation and the concept of molar mass are used as calibration solutions in many fields of analytical chemistry. Calibration solutions prepared this way provide the traceability to the SI and are the metrological basis in elemental analysis. The preparation and characterization of such primary pure substances, representing the realisation of the SI unit amount of substance, is undertaken only by a small number of National Metrology Institutes (NMI) and Designated Institutes (DI). Many other NMIs and DIs, however, prepare elemental calibration solutions as calibrants for their measurement services, such as the certification of matrix Reference Materials or the provision of reference values for Proficiency Testing schemes. The elemental calibration solutions used for this purpose are not a direct service to customers, such as preparing secondary calibration solutions, but provide the source of traceability for the other services. Hence, it is necessary for the NMI or DI to obtain data on the purity of the pure metals or other materials used to prepare the solutions with measurement uncertainties meeting the needs of the above described services. This is commonly undertaken as a “fit for purpose” assessment, appropriate for the uncertainty requirement of the service provided to customers. As a consequence, total purity measurements are a long-term strategy of CCQM-IAWG. Several studies were conducted (CCQM-P107, CCQM-K72 and CCQM-P149) on the measurement of the purity of zinc. From these studies, several conclusions can be drawn for the purity assessment of a pure (metallic) element. These conclusions will be put together in this document in order to assist all NMIs/DIs in performing a purity assessment, whenever needed. KW - Purity assessment KW - Metal assay approach KW - Impurity assessment approach KW - Traceability PY - 2018 UR - https://www.bipm.org/wg/CCQM/IAWG/Allowed/April_2017/CCQM-IAWG17-28.pdf.pdf SP - 1 EP - 9 CY - Sevre AN - OPUS4-46834 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Noordmann, J. A1 - Rosner, M. A1 - Goenaga-Infante, H. A1 - Štrok, M. A1 - Pramann, A. A1 - Vanhaecke, F. A1 - Meisel, T. A1 - Pröfrock, D. A1 - Prohaska, T. A1 - Vocke, R.D. A1 - Richter, S. T1 - Absolute Isotope Ratios N2 - Measurement results and scientific models leading to important decisions in forensics, food fraud or climatology are based on isotope ratio data. Molar masses of multi-isotopic elements are as well based on isotope ratio data. Thus, in the case of Si, isotope ratios directly impact the redefinition of the SI base units kilogram and mole. Therefore, new strategies are required leading to new primary isotope reference materials, whose isotope ratios are traceable to the SI. This in turn will ensure the comparability of isotope ratio data and will render the traceability exception requested by the CCQM superfluous. Such new procedures will be developed for the key elements S, Si, Ca, Sr and Nd at relative uncertainty levels of ≤ 0.01 %. T2 - EURAMET TC-MC Meeting CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 05.02.2018 KW - Metrology in chemistry KW - Isotope amount ratio KW - SI traceability KW - Atomic weight KW - Molar mass KW - Synthetic isotope mixtures PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44644 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Vocke, B. T1 - Delta values & isotope ratios - potential CCQM comparisons N2 - The talk presents several potential CCQM comparisons for delta values and isotope ratios with a focus on metals and semi-metals. T2 - CCQM IRWG Meeting CY - Paris, France DA - 18.04.2018 KW - Isotope amount ratio KW - Traceability KW - Uncertainty PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45895 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Vogl, Jochen T1 - Isotope ratio measurements and certification of iRMs at BAM N2 - This presentation gives a short overview of isotope ratio measurements being carried out in the past few years at BAM in different fields such as plant metabolism, food web structures and archaeology. The corresponding isotope reference materials which have been certified at BAM in parallel are presented as well. Additionally an outlook is being provided on future iRM projects. T2 - Meeting of the Isotope Ratio Working Groupt of CCQM CY - Ottawa, Canada DA - 04.10.2018 KW - Isotope reference material KW - Delta value KW - Isotope amount ratio KW - Traceability KW - Uncertainty PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47159 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Traub, Heike A1 - Phukphatthanachai, Pranee A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Jakubowski, Norbert A1 - Panne, Ulrich T1 - Quantification of sulphur in copper metals by isotope dilution LA-ICP-MS using polyethylene frits N2 - Sulphur is one of the relevant impurities in copper and its alloys affecting their material properties. To ensure the quality of copper products, fast direct solid sampling techniques are very attractive. However, for the calibration suitable matrix reference materials are required. For the certification of such reference materials appropriate, SI-traceable analytical methods are essential. Therefore, a procedure was developed to quantify total sulphur in copper by combining the classical isotope dilution (ID) technique and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Here, for the first time, polyethylene (PE) frits were used to prepare appropriate solid samples for the sulphur quantification in copper metals (alloyed/unalloyed) by isotope dilution LA-ICP-MS. The properties of the PE frit meet the requirements as porous material with high absorption efficiency, thermal and chemical resistance as well as low sulphur blank. Different copper reference materials were used to develop and validate the procedure. The copper samples were spiked with 34S, digested with nitric acid and then the digests were absorbed on PE frits. After drying, the frits were analysed by LA-ICP-IDMS using a Nd:YAG laser at 213 nm coupled to an ICP sector field mass spectrometer. It could be demonstrated, that the sample solution dispersed on the frits did not influence the 32S/34S ratio significantly even though the sulphur intensities were fluctuating along the scanned lines. Relative standard deviations of the isotope ratios were below 5 % in average between three line scans (except for the pure spike solution and procedure blank). The measurement results were validated by comparing them with the results obtained by conventional ICP-IDMS after analyte-matrix separation. Plotting the mass fraction of sulphur in copper obtained by LA-ICP-IDMS versus those obtained by ICP-IDMS yields a linear curve with a correlation coefficient of 0.9999 showing a strong agreement between both techniques. The metrological traceability to the SI from the kg down to the sulphur mass fraction in copper is established by an unbroken chain of comparisons, each accompanied by an uncertainty budget. Thus, the measurement results are considered reliable, acceptable and comparable within the stated measurement uncertainty. T2 - 14th European Workshop on Laser Ablation (EWLA) CY - Pau, France DA - 26.06.2018 KW - ICP-MS KW - Laser ablation KW - Isotope dilution KW - Copper PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45569 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Traub, Heike A1 - Drescher, D. A1 - Büchner, T. A1 - Merk, V. A1 - Kneipp, J. A1 - Jakubowski, Norbert T1 - Studying nanoparticle-cell interaction by LA ICP-MS N2 - The interaction of nanoparticles (NPs) with cells has become a major field of interest, ranging from medical applications to nanotoxicology. Size, shape and surface modification of the NPs determine the uptake rate and pathway into the cells, and therefore impact specific cell components and processes. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is an established quantitative multi-elemental analysis and mapping technique. In recent years, it was shown that LA-ICP-MS can provide quantitative as well as distribution information of NPs in cell samples. Here LA-ICP-MS was applied for the imaging of individual cells to study the uptake and intracellular processing of metal-containing nanostructures. Additionally, the local distribution of naturally occurring elements in cells like P was measured to indicate cell morphology. The cells were incubated with different types of NPs under varying experimental conditions. For LA analysis, the cells were fixed and dried. Our findings show, that LA-ICP-MS is suitable for the localisation of nanoparticle aggregates within cellular compartments. The studied NPs accumulate in the perinuclear region in the course of intracellular processing, but do not enter the cell nucleus. The uptake efficiency depends strongly on the physicochemical properties of the nanostructures as well as on the incubation conditions like concentration and incubation time. The results demonstrate the potential of LA-ICP-MS providing insight into NP uptake, intracellular distribution and cell-to-cell variation dependent on experimental parameters. T2 - Workshop on Laser Bioimaging Mass Spectrometry CY - Münster, Germany DA - 24.05.2018 KW - Imaging KW - Laser ablation KW - ICP-MS KW - Nanoparticle KW - Cell PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45071 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Traub, Heike A1 - Drescher, D. A1 - Büchner, T. A1 - Pisonero, J. A1 - Bouzas-Ramos, D. A1 - Kneipp, J. A1 - Jakubowski, Norbert T1 - LA-ICP-MS to study nanoparticle-cell interaction N2 - Nanoparticles (NPs) have found a wide range of applications in research and industry. Thereby the interaction of NPs with biological systems like cells has become a major field of interest, ranging from medical applications to nanotoxicology. Size, shape and surface modification of the nanomaterials determine the uptake rate and pathway into the cells, and therefore impact specific cell components and processes. In recent years, elemental imaging of biological samples using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is gaining more and more importance. Improvements concerning both spatial resolution (down to 1 µm) and signal-to-background ratio due to low-dispersion LA chambers make LA-ICP-MS particularly interesting for single cell analysis. Here LA-ICP-MS was applied for the imaging of individual cells to study the uptake and intracellular processing of metal-containing nanostructures. The cells were incubated with different NPs under varying experimental conditions and afterwards fixed with para-formaldehyde and dried for LA analysis. High-spatial resolution LA-ICP-MS was achieved by careful optimisation of the laser ablation parameters. Our findings show, that LA-ICP-MS is applicable to localize NP aggregates within cellular compartments. The uptake efficiency depends strongly on the physicochemical properties of the nanostructures as well as on the incubation conditions like concentration and incubation time. The results demonstrate the potential of LA-ICP-MS providing insight into nanoparticle-cell interaction dependent on experimental parameters. T2 - 14th European Workshop on Laser Ablation (EWLA) CY - Pau, France DA - 26.06.2018 KW - Laser ablation KW - ICP-MS KW - Imaging KW - Nanoparticle KW - Cell PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45570 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Traub, Heike A1 - Büchner, T. A1 - Drescher, D. A1 - Merk, V. A1 - Kneipp, J. A1 - Jakubowski, Norbert T1 - Studying nanoparticle-cell interaction by ICP-MS based techniques N2 - Nanoparticles (NPs) have found a wide range of applications in research and industry. Thereby the interaction of NPs with biological systems like cells has become a major field of interest, ranging from medical applications to nanotoxicology. Size, shape and surface modification of the nanomaterials determine the uptake rate and pathway into the cells, and therefore impact specific cell components and processes. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a well-established analytical method offering high sensitivity and multi-element capability. By coupling a laser ablation (LA) system to an ICP-MS the analysis of different kinds of solid samples is possible. In recent years, it was shown that LA-ICP-MS can provide quantitative as well as distribution information of metal containing nanoparticles (NPs) in cell samples. Here LA-ICP-MS was applied for the imaging of individual fibroblast cells to study the uptake and intracellular processing of NPs. Our results show that LA-ICP-MS can be used to localize nanoparticle aggregates within cellular compartments. The studied NPs accumulate in the perinuclear region in the course of intracellular processing, but do not enter the cell nucleus. The uptake efficiency depends strongly on the physico-chemical properties of the nanostructures as well as on the incubation conditions like concentration and incubation time. ICP-MS was used to determine the composition of the nanomaterials as well as the number of NPs in cells after acid digestion of the samples. T2 - Workshop on Reference Nanomaterials CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 14.05.2018 KW - ICP-MS KW - Laser ablation KW - Nanoparticle KW - Cell PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45073 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Traub, Heike A1 - Büchner, T. A1 - Drescher, D. A1 - Merk, V. A1 - Kneipp, J. A1 - Jakubowski, Norbert T1 - Studying nanoparticle-cell interaction by ICP-MS based techniques N2 - Nanoparticles (NPs) have found a wide range of applications in research and industry. Thereby the interaction of NPs with biological systems like cells has become a major field of interest, ranging from medical applications to nanotoxicology. Size, shape and surface modification of the nanomaterials determine the uptake rate and pathway into the cells, and therefore impact specific cell components and processes. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is an established quantitative multi-elemental analysis and mapping technique. In recent years, it was shown that LA-ICP-MS can provide quantitative as well as distribution information of metal containing nanoparticles (NPs) in cell samples. Here LA-ICP-MS was applied for the imaging of individual fibroblast cells to study the uptake and intracellular processing of NPs. Our results show that LA-ICP-MS can be used to localize nanoparticle aggregates within cellular compartments. The studied NPs accumulate in the perinuclear region in the course of intracellular processing, but do not enter the cell nucleus. The uptake efficiency depends strongly on the physico-chemical properties of the nanostructures as well as on the incubation conditions like concentration and incubation time. ICP-MS was used to determine the composition of the nanomaterials as well as the number of NPs in cells after acid digestion of the samples. T2 - 13. Symposium „Massenspektrometrische Verfahren der Element­spurenanalyse“ & 26. ICP-MS-Anwendertreffen CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 03.09.2018 KW - ICP-MS KW - Nanoparticle KW - Cell KW - Laser ablation PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45860 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -