Emission yields and the standard model in glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy: Links to the underlying physics and analytical interpretation of the experimental data

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-133

  Weiss, Zdeněk ^a  

^a LECO Instrumente Plzeň spol s ro ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Emission yield; GD OES; Multi element calibration fitting; Signal decomposition; Standard model

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EMISSION YIELD; GD-OES; MULTI-ELEMENT CALIBRATION FITTING; SIGNAL DECOMPOSITION; STANDARD MODEL;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 33646469842     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2005.11.006     Document Type: Review

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