Call forMethods:Minerals
MethodTitle:
Determinationof 12elements innutritional products by ICP-MS
MethodAuthors:
LawrencePacquette, Ph.D. and JosephThompson, Ph.D., AbbottNutrition, Columbus,
OHUSA
Elementsdetermined
: Ca,Na, P,Mg, K, Fe, Zn, Cu,Mn, Cr,Mo, Se
Methoddescription:
Samples areweighed intomicrowavevessels, sealedwith internal standards (Ge,
Te) and concentratednitricacid. After ~1.5hr. digestionat 200°C, sample solutions aredilutedand
analyzedby ICP-MS. SeeAppendix for full, detailedmethod.
Statusof thismethod:
method is validatedand in-useatAbbott central R&D facility inColumbus andat sixdifferent
Abbott globalmanufacturingor R&D laboratories
method isbeingprepared for publication,withmuchof thedatapresentedbelow
applicabilityof thismethod includes both themajor/minor/traceelements for theCall for
Methods, aswell as the threeultratraceelements that aredeterminedby2011.19 (a first-action
SPIFANmethod currentlyundergoingMultiLabTesting (MLT)
SLVperformedonSPIFANmatrices (datapresentedbelow)
SLVperformedonSPIFANmatriceswith similar ICP-AESmethod for nineelements, andboth
setsof data compared
SMPRRequirements
(fromSPIFANwebsite)
MTE-02
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