ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTCross calibration of secondary ion mass spectrometersFriedrich. Ruedenauer, Wolfgang. Steiger, Miklos. Riedel, Horst E. Beske, Horst. Holzbrecher, Michael. Gericke, Carl Ernst. Richter, Michael. Rieth, Manfred. Trapp, and . et al.Cite this: Anal. Chem. 1985, 57, 8, 1636–1643Publication Date (Print):July 1, 1985Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 July 1985https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00285a030RIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views23Altmetric-Citations10LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (1009 KB) Get e-Alerts Get e-Alerts

The present paper describes possible sources of error and their elimination by developments in apparatus and methods, and shows the efficiency of spark-source mass spectrometry with respect to detection power, precision and accuracy for determining small lithium contents (ppb) in graphite.