APPLICATION OF KALMAN FILTERING IN ICP EM ISSION-SPECTROMETRY .1.

An algorithm is presented to perform deconvolution of ICP emission spe ctra, utilizing the combined approach of Kalman filtering and derivati ve spectroscopy. In this work only computer simulated spectra have bee n studied. We have tried to incorporate all the effects in this simula tion, which may contribute to real spectra. Based on the results it ca n be assumed that with this approach precise and accurate evaluation c an be done with long term stability comparable to conventional evaluat ion methods (ABC) in case of simple spectra. With more complicated spe ctra this approach seems to be superior to several one-component evalu ation methods.