bkg: background signal; CCT: collision cell technology; CPS: counts per second; ICP-MS: inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Ratios such as 140Ce·16O/140Ce and 59Co/35Cl·16O are used to monitor oxide formation and polyatomic interferences in ICP-MS performance.
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