Electrothermal vaporization, part 1: Gas phase chemistry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-35

  Majidi, Vahid ^a   Xu, Ning ^b   Smith, Robert G ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ManTech Environ Res Services Corp   (United States)

^c LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Gas phase reactions; Graphite surface chemistry; Sample introduction; Vaporization mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002097039     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(99)00163-9     Document Type: Review

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