Ed. Prudnikov et al., THEORETICAL CALCULATION OF THE STANDARD-DEVIATION AND DETECTION LIMITIN INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION-SPECTROMETRY, Journal of analytical atomic spectrometry, 9(5), 1994, pp. 619-622
Standard deviations and detection limits in inductively coupled plasma
atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) are theoretically calculated.
Theoretical and experimental data are compared, Practical application
of the theory is described. The theory helps to provide more insight i
nto the (inter)connections between standard deviation, instrumental se
nsitivity and detection limit. The theory is useful in decreasing meth
od errors. A simple method of estimating the standard deviation of net
line signals and detection limits is proposed.