Absolute number densities of helium metastable atoms determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy in helium plasma-based discharges used as ambient desorption/ionization sources for mass spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-104

  Reininger, Charlotte ^a   Woodfield, Kellie ^a   Keelor, Joel D ^b   Kaylor, Adam ^b   Fernández, Facundo M ^b   Farnsworth, Paul B ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambient ioniozation; atomic absorption; helium metastable; ionization mechanism; number densities

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE NUMBER; AMBIENT IONIOZATION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DESORPTION/IONIZATION; HELIUM METASTABLE ATOMS; IONIZATION MECHANISMS; NUMBER DENSITY;

EID: 84908211948     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2014.08.012     Document Type: Article

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