The use of concomitant elements to evaluate an Ar-N2 mixed-gas plasma by electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 732-742

  Balsanek, William J ^a   Ertas, Gulay ^a   Holcombe, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrothermal vaporization; ETV ICP(TOF)MS; Inductively coupled plasma orthogonal time of flight mass spectrometry; Matrix effects; Mixed gas plasma; Space charge

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VAPORIZATION;

ELECTROTHERMAL VAPORIZATION (ETV); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ORTHOGONAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY (ICP(TOF)MS); MATRIX EFFECTS; MIXED-GAS PLASMA;

PLASMAS;

EID: 33745835104     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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