Studies about the origin of the non-spectroscopic interferences caused by sodium and calcium in inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. Influence of the spray chamber design

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1753-1770

  Maestre, Salvador ^a   Mora, Juan ^a   Todolí, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Easily ionized elements; Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy; Non spectroscopic interferences; Spray chamber

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; EVAPORATION; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY (AES);

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

EID: 0037064374     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(02)00141-6     Document Type: Article

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