Numerical simulation analysis of flow patterns and particle transport in the HEAD laser ablation cell with respect to inductively coupled plasma spectrometry

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-304

  Lindner, Helmut ^a   Autrique, David ^a   Pisonero, Jorge ^b   Günther, Detlef ^c   Bogaerts, Annemie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CELLS; AEROSOL DISPERSION; CEILING HEIGHT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CRITICAL VELOCITIES; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GAS FLOWRATE; HEAD CELLS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROMETRY; LARGE PARTICLES; LASER ABLATION CELLS; LOW FLOW; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE LOSS; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; SIMULATION RESULT; SMALL PARTICLES; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; VENTURI;

CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; ORIFICES; PARTICLE SEPARATORS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 77649199327     PISSN: 02679477     EISSN: 13645544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b920905k     Document Type: Article

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