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 mode | HMI-8 |
| Integration parameters | | Acquisition mode | Spectrum | Per peak points | 1 | Replicates | 3 | Per replicas’ readings | 100 | Dwell time UMA (s) | 0.5–1 |
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