Arc/spark optical emission spectrometry: Principles, instrumentation, and recent applications

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-185

  Zhou, Zaide ^a   Zhou, Kaizhong ^a   Hou, Xiandeng ^a   Luo, Hong ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arc; Atomic spectroscopy; Elemental analysis; Multichannel detector; Optical emission spectrometry; Sample introduction; Spark

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GASES; LIQUIDS; METAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SOLIDS; SPECTROMETRY;

ARC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; MULTICHANNEL DETECTOR; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE INTRODUCTION; SPARK EMISSION SPECTROMETRY;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 19644387696     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ASR-200052001     Document Type: Review

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