Monte Carlo simulation of transport from an electrothermal vaporizer

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 743-752

  Holcombe, James A ^a   Ertas, Gulay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Einstein Stokes equation; Electrothermal vaporizer; Inductively coupled plasma; Monte Carlo simulation; Time of flight spectrometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DESORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPORIZATION;

EINSTEIN-STOKES EQUATION; ELECTROTHERMAL VAPORIZER; TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROMETER; TRANSPORT SYSTEM;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

EID: 33745865911     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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