Trace elemental analysis technologies using atmospheric plasma sources

IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 955-962

  Shigeta, Kaori ^a   Nagata, Yoichi ^a   Iwai, Takahiro ^a   Miyahara, Hidekazu ^a   Okino, Akitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric plasma; Elemental analysis; Glow discharge; Inductively coupled plasma; Micro plasma; Microwave induced plasma

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GLOW DISCHARGES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA SOURCES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC PLASMAS; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; MICRO-PLASMAS; MICROWAVE-INDUCED PLASMAS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; TRACE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 78649495573     PISSN: 03854205     EISSN: 13475533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejfms.130.955     Document Type: Article

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