A new nebulization device with exchangeable aerosol generation mode as a useful tool to investigate sample introduction processes in inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1001-1006

  Grotti, Marco ^a   Lagomarsino, Cristina ^a   Frache, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desolvation system; Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry; Matrix effects; Pneumatic nebulization; Transport measurements; Ultrasonic nebulization

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; SODIUM; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

AEROSOL GENERATION MODES; DESOLVATION; SPECIAL NEBULIZATION DEVICES (SND);

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 3242761521     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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