The effect of the sampling cone position and diameter on the gas flow dynamics in an ICP

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1485-1492

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS FLOW DYNAMICS; GAS TRANSFER; ION GENERATION; ORIFICE DIAMETERS; PLASMA GAS; PLASMA TEMPERATURE;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

ORIFICES;

EID: 84882417969     PISSN: 02679477     EISSN: 13645544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ja50107h     Document Type: Article

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