If I'm interested in quantifying the concentrations of rare earth elements (collectively, not each one individually) in plant aboveground tissues, in a screen where I might be doing dozens if not hundreds of plants, what's the best way to do so in a high-throughput way? Using techniques like ICP-MS would be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming, and an XRF scanner would be a good solution but we don't have access to one. Any other solutions out there that I should be made aware of? Thanks!
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Dear Dan:
If you are interested in multi-element rare earth concentrations, I cannot think of a more practical and effective way other than ICPMS, which you tend to rule out being "too expensive".
I am the Manager of the Core-facility at the University of Ottawa. Our objective is to help researchers with customized analytical services on cost recovery basis. I am not sure what you consider ICPMS being “too expensive” for your project.
If you are interested, we would be happy to offer you ICPMS-REE measurements. Thanks.
Regards,
Nimal
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Room 435A, Advanced Research Complex (ARC)
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
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Phone: 613-562-5800 ext 6843
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