GAS-SAMPLING GLOW-DISCHARGE FOR OPTICAL-EMISSION SPECTROMETRY .1. DESIGN AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS

Authors
STARN TK PEREIRO R HIEFTJE GM
Citation
Tk. Starn et al., GAS-SAMPLING GLOW-DISCHARGE FOR OPTICAL-EMISSION SPECTROMETRY .1. DESIGN AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS, Applied spectroscopy, 47(10), 1993, pp. 1555-1561
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Applied spectroscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00037028
Volume
47
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1555 - 1561
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-7028(1993)47:10<1555:GGFOS.>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A spectrochemical source for optical emission spectrometry, based on a n atmospheric-sampling glow discharge, is described. Operating paramet ers that affect the performance of the glow discharge are investigated ; the most important is the source pressure. Helium and argon are stud ied as plasma support gases. Simple to build and operate, the glow dis charge is fairly robust to introduced organic vapors and produces equi valent signals from carbon-containing species regardless of the origin al molecular form of the carbon.