Improvement of the capabilities of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry by replacing the desolvation system of an ultrasonic nebulization system with a pre-evaporation tube

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 376-384

  Asfaw, Alemayehu ^a   Beauchemin, Diane ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desolvation system; ICP OES; Plasma robustness; Pre evaporation tube; Ultrasonic nebulizer

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; CERTIFIED VALUES; DESOLVATION SYSTEMS; DETECTION LIMITS; EMISSION LINES; EVAPORATION TUBE; EXTERNAL CALIBRATION; ICP-OES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; INTERNAL STANDARDIZATION; INTERNAL STANDARDS; MATRIX; MATRIX MATCHING; NEBULIZER/SPRAY CHAMBER; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SAMPLE INTRODUCTION; STANDARD SOLUTIONS; ULTRASONIC NEBULIZATION; ULTRASONIC NEBULIZERS;

ARGON; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; EVAPORATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LIGHT EMISSION; MERCURY (METAL); OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA TORCHES; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

PHOTORESISTS;

EID: 77955320238     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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