Multi-element model for the simulation of inductively coupled plasmas: Effects of helium addition to the central gas stream

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 421-431

  Lindner, Helmut ^a   Bogaerts, Annemie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Argon ICP simulation; Atmospheric pressure plasma; Element analysis; Helium addition; Multi element

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT GAS; ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA; AXISYMMETRIC GEOMETRIES; CENTRAL CHANNELS; ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAS STREAMS; GAS VELOCITY; GAS VOLUME; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; MEASUREMENT TIME; MULTI-ELEMENT; PLASMA LENGTH; SPATIAL MAPPING; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; VARIABLE NUMBER;

ABLATION; ARGON LASERS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; HELIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IONIZATION; JET PUMPS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; SPECTROMETRY;

ARGON;

EID: 79960343313     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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