@article {Rowan:1989:0003-7028:976,
	author = "Rowan, John T. and Houk, R.S.",
	title = "Attenuation of Polyatomic Ion Interferences in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry by Gas-Phase Collisions",
	journal = "Applied Spectroscopy",
	volume = "43",
	number = "6",
	year = "1989",
	abstract = "A double quadrupole arrangement to remove polyatomic ions by collisions with an added target gas has been evaluated. The ions Ar<SUB>2</SUB><SUP>+</SUP>, ArO<SUP>+</SUP>, and ArN<SUP>+</SUP> were attenuated by factors of 50-400 to count rates of &#8818;100 counts s<SUP>&#8722;1</SUP>. Fifty to seventy percent of the analyte ions were retained. Removal of polyatomic ions and retention of analyte ions were favored by low-energy collisions with Xe or CH<SUB>4</SUB> rather than typical target gases like N<SUB>2</SUB> or Ar. Products of ion-molecule reactions between background ions and target gas in the first quadrupole could be observed.",
	pages = "976-980",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sas/sas/1989/00000043/00000006/art00011",
	doi = "doi:10.1366/0003702894204065",
	keyword = "Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Polyatomic ion interferences, Tandem quadrupoles, Collision-induced dissociation, Ion molecular reactions"
}