Computerized simulation of solute-particle vaporization in an inductively coupled plasma

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-233

  Horner, Julie A ^a   Chan, George C Y ^a   Lehn, Scott A ^a   Hieftje, Gary M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Inductively coupled plasma; Particle vaporization; Vaporization kinetics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS TRANSFER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VAPORIZATION;

PARTICLE VAPORIZATION; VAPORIZATION KINETICS;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 44449094696     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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