ISO 17294-1:2004规定了电感耦合等离子体质谱（ICP-MS）的原理，并提供了使用该技术确定水中元素的一般方向。通常，测量在水中进行，但也可能引入气体，蒸汽或细颗粒物质。 ISO 17294适用于ICP-MS用于水分析。 元素的最终确定在ISO 17294的单独部分中描述，每个元件和矩阵的一系列。 ISO 17294的其他部分将读者参考ISO 17294-1:2004中提出的指导方针和仪器配置的基本原理

ISO 17294-1:2004 specifies the principles of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and provides general directions for the use of this technique for determining elements in water. Generally, the measurement is carried out in water, but gases, vapours or fine particulate matter may be introduced too. ISO 17294 applies to the use of ICP-MS for water analysis. The ultimate determinations of the elements are described in the separate parts of ISO 17294, one for each series of elements and matrix. The other parts of ISO 17294 refer the reader to the guidelines presented in ISO 17294-1:2004 for the basic principles of the method and for configuration of the instrument.