Optimization of a miniaturized DBD plasma chip for mercury detection in water samples

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 401, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2713-2722

  Abdul Majeed, Wameath S ^a   Parada, Jaime H Lozano ^a   Zimmerman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold vapour generation; Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); Emission spectroscopy; Ridge analysis

Indexed keywords

AC POWER; ARGON FLOW RATE; ARGON GAS; COLD VAPOUR GENERATION; DBD PLASMA; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE (DBD); DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; EXCITATION TEMPERATURE; FIGURES OF MERITS; GLASS SLIDES; INTERACTION EFFECT; MERCURY DETECTION; MERCURY DETERMINATION; MICRO-PLASMAS; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA CHARACTERISTICS; PORTABLE DEVICE; POWER SOURCES; RADIATION SOURCE; RIDGE ANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROMETERS; WATER SAMPLES;

ARGON; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW CONTROL; MERCURY (METAL); METAL DETECTORS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMAS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 81855225805     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5118-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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