A feasibility study of the use of electrostatic deposition and laser-induced fluorescence in a graphite furnace for size-segregated analysis of lead and gold in ultrafine 0.02-0.2 μm particles

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1597-1615

  Petrucci, Giuseppe A ^a   Cavalli, Paolo ^a   Omenetto, Nicolò ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Au; Differential mobility analyser; Electrostatic deposition; Graphite furnace laser induced fluorescence; Pb; Size segregated elemental analysis; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LEAD; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; ELECTROSTATIC DEPOSITION; GRAPHITE FURNACE LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; ISPRA SITES; SIZE SEGREGATED ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0031220306     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(97)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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