An Overview of the Use of Yttrium for Internal Standardization in Inductively Coupled Plasma–Atomic Emission Spectrometry

Abstract

Internal standardization is a widely used method for compensating nonspectral interference in inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrometry. Emphasis is given on the choice of the suitable element and its specific spectral line as an efficient internal standard. This choice is the result of multi-variable evaluations and analytical applications. In inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) and other spectrometric techniques several spectral lines of the same or different elements have been evaluated as potential internal standards. Yttrium spectral lines fulfill certain prerequisites and they are favored by a large number of researchers. In our discussed review, we present several reports of ICP-AES techniques that employ yttrium as the internal standard. These reports are classified according to specific sample origin and aim of the research.

Keywords:

• Inductively coupled plasma
• atomic emission spectrometry
• yttrium
• internal standard