DETERMINATION OF METALS
IN AMBIENT PARTICULATE
MATTER USING
INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA/
MASS SPECTROMETRY (ICP/MS)
This Method is a part of Compendium of Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Compounds in
Ambient Air (EPA/625/R-96/010a), which was prepared under Contract No. 68-C3-0315, WA No. 2-10,
by Midwest Research Institute (MRI), as a subcontractor to Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), and
under the sponsorship of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Justice A. Manning, John
O’Burckle, Scott Hedges, Center for Environmental Research Information (CERI), and Frank F.
McElroy, National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), all in the EPA Office of Research and
Development, were responsible for overseeing the preparation of this method. Other support was
provided by the following members of the Compendia Workgroup:
• James L. Cheney, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, NE
• Michael F. Davis, U.S. EPA, Region 7, KC, KS
• Joseph B. Elkins Jr., U.S. EPA, OAQPS, RTP, NC
• Robert G. Lewis, U.S. EPA, NERL, RTP, NC
• Justice A. Manning, U.S. EPA, ORD, Cincinnati, OH
• William A. McClenny, U.S. EPA, NERL, RTP, NC
• Frank F. McElroy, U.S. EPA, NERL, RTP, NC
• William T. "Jerry" Winberry, Jr., EnviroTech Solutions, Cary, NC
This Method is the result of the efforts of many individuals. Gratitude goes to each person involved in
the preparation and review of this methodology.
Author(s)
• William T. "Jerry" Winberry, Jr., EnviroTech Solutions, Cary, NC
Peer Reviewers
• Doug Duckworth, Lockheed-Martin Energy Research, Oak Ride, TN
• David Brant, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
• Jiansheng Wang, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO
• Lauren Drees, U.S. EPA, NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH