Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry - Optimization of the operating conditions in the determination of trace of elements in line-rich emission matrices

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 386-402

  Velitchkova, N ^a   Velichkov, S ^b   Daskalova, N ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Detection limits; ICP AES; Optimization of operating conditions; Rare earth matrices; Traces of rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLOW RATE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; OPTIMIZATION; SPECTROMETRY;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CARRIER GAS; DETECTION LIMITS; EXCITATION TEMPERATURE; RARE EARTH MATRICES;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 34249053228     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.03.033     Document Type: Article

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