High resolution imaging of barium ions and atoms near the sampling cone of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1039-1049

  Mills, Andrew A ^a   Macedone, Jeffrey H ^a   Farnsworth, Paul B ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Matrix effects; Planar laser induced fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; COMPACTION; GROUND STATE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETERS; POSITIVE IONS;

LOAD COILS; NEBULIZER GAS FLOW RATE; SKIMMER CONE; VACUUM INTERFACE;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33751204130     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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