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Kasturi Khatun

Why can't carbon and nitrogen be detected in ICP-MS and ICP-OES techniques?

Why can't carbon and nitrogen be detected in ICP-MS and ICP-OES techniques?

My book says this technique is efficient for detecting multiple elements, with exception of halogens and carbon. I found somewhere that ICP is an open system, therefore it doesn't allow carbon detection. But why is that exactly?