Research Article

Chronological Classification of Ancient Mortars Employing Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Techniques: Sagunto (Valencia, Spain) Case

Table 3

ICP-MS parameters employed for the mineral analysis.

Instrumental conditions
 Vacuum pressure (Pa)5.8 × 10−6
 Flow of plasma gas Ar (L/min)1.0
 RF power (W)1550
 RF coupling (V)1.80
 Sampling depth (mm)8.0
 Nebulizer pump (rps)0.3

Lens
 Extraction lens 1 (V)0
 Extraction lens 2 (V)−200
 Omega lens (V)9.2
 Omega lens deviation (V)−120

Sample parameters
 Carrier flow (L/min)0.35
 Work modeHMI-8

Integration parameters
 Acquisition modeSpectrum
 Per peak points1
 Replicates3
 Per replicas’ readings100
 Dwell time UMA (s)0.5–1