Glow discharge excitation and matrix effects in the Zn-Al-Cu system in argon and neon

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 787-798

  Weiss, Zdeněk ^a  

^a LECO Instrumente Plzeň spol s ro ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Asymmetric charge transfer; Glow discharge excitation; Matrix effect; Standard model of GD OES; Zn Al Cu alloys

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CHARGE TRANSFER; NEON; ZINC ALLOYS;

ASYMMETRIC CHARGE TRANSFER; GRIMM TYPE DISCHARGE; MATRIX EFFECTS; STANDARD MODEL OF GD-OES;

GLOW DISCHARGES;

EID: 34547942002     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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