Abstract
The current status of elemental speciation using inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (ICP‐MS) as the method of detection is examined in this paper. Manuscripts that describe specific speciation applications using on‐line hyphenation of gas chromatography (GC), liquid chromatography (LC), capillary electrophoresis (CE), and field flow fractionation (FFF) with ICP‐MS detection are presented. This review covers the application papers published between January 2000 and December 2003. Evaluation of the current literature shows that LC is the most prevalent separation technique for elemental speciation followed by CE, GC, and FFF, respectively.