Characterization of the supersonic expansion in the vacuum interface of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer by high-resolution diode laser spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 686-695

  Radicic, W Neil ^a   Olsen, Jordan B ^a   Nielson, Rebecca V ^a   Macedone, Jeffrey H ^a   Farnsworth, Paul B ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler shift; ICP MS; Laser induced fluorescence; Supersonic expansion

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VACUUM;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER (ICP-MS); LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SUPERSONIC EXPANSION;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

EID: 33745845501     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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