Optimization of operating parameters for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: A computational study

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-64

  Aghaei, Maryam ^a   Lindner, Helmut ^a   Bogaerts, Annemie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational study; Fundamental study; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy; Optimization of operating conditions

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CHANNELS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; FLOW PASS; FUNDAMENTAL STUDY; GAS PATH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; MODELING RESULTS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PLASMA CHARACTERISTICS; PLASMA TEMPERATURE;

FLOW RATE; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IONIZATION OF GASES; JET PUMPS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OPTIMIZATION; ORIFICES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

FLOW OF GASES;

EID: 84867396898     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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