Simultaneous electrothermal vaporization and nebulizer sample introduction system for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Arnquist, Isaac J ^a   Kreschollek, Thomas E ^a,b   Holcombe, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrothermal vaporization; ETV ICP MS; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Nebulizer

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; DETECTION LIMITS; DRY PLASMAS; ELECTROTHERMAL VAPORIZATION; ETV-ICP-MS; GAS FLOWS; GLASS NEBULIZER; IN-LINE; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MATRIX; NEBULIZER; OPERATING CONDITION; PLASMA CONDITIONS; POLYATOMIC INTERFERENCES; POLYATOMICS; POWER SETTINGS; SAMPLE INTRODUCTION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME-RESOLVED; TRANSPORT LINE;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; VAPORIZATION;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 79957804514     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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