Accurate and sensitive metals emissions monitoring with an atmospheric microwave-plasma having a real-time span calibration

Waste Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 395-402

  Woskov, Paul P ^a   Hadidi, Kamal ^a   Thomas, Paul ^a   Green, Karyn ^a   Flores, Guadalupe ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions; Hazardous metals; Microwave plasma

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MICROWAVES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; REFUSE INCINERATORS; ROTARY KILNS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MICROWAVE PLASMAS; PNEUMATIC NEBULIZER; ROTARY KILN INCINERATORS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; TRACE METAL;

ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; EMISSION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MONITORING;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CALIBRATION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MONITOR; MONITORING; NEBULIZER; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0034112594     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(00)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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