T. Hasan et al., Low flow, externally air cooled torch for inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry with axial viewing, SPECT ACT B, 56(4), 2001, pp. 409-418
The torch wall is cooled largely by air passing through a cooling jacket ad
ded to the outside of a Fassel torch. The plasma is viewed axially through
a cooled cone interface centered on the axial channel. The outer argon gas
flow can be reduced to 7 l min(-1) with no compromise in performance or tor
ch lifetime. The plasma exhibits the same 'robustness index' and interferen
ce effects from Na as the conventional, high-flow ICP supplied with the par
ticular spectrometer used. Detection limits (DL) for lines at similar to 20
0 nm are poorer by approximately a factor of two, while those for lines at
similar to 400 nm are actually better than values typically seen for the sa
me lines by axial viewing of a conventional, high-flow ICP. (C) 2001 Elsevi
er Science B.V. All rights reserved.