@article{eca062806c3611dcbee902004c4f4f50,
title = "Rapid lead isotope analysis of archaeological metals by multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry",
abstract = "Lead isotope ratios in archaeological silver and copper were determined by MC-ICPMS using laser ablation and bulk dissolution without lead purification. Laser ablation results on high-lead metals and bulk solution analyses on all samples agree within error of TIMS data, suggesting that problems from isobaric interferences and/or mass bias variations due to the presence of matrix elements are insignificant. Inaccurate laser ablation analyses on low-lead copper reflect erroneous mass bias corrections from use of a non-matrix matched standard. However, in most cases, silver and copper are analysable for lead isotopes by bulk dissolution or laser ablation MC-ICPMS with simplified sample preparation.",
author = "J.A. Baker and S. Stos and Waight, {Tod Earle}",
year = "2006",
language = "English",
pages = "45--56",
journal = "Archaeometry",
issn = "0003-813X",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "48",
}