Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (11): 1661.

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Comparison of a Low Microwave-powered Thermospray Nebulizer and a Pneumatic Nebulizer for ICP-AES

DING Lan1, JIN Hai-Yan1, LIU Miao2, LIANG Feng2, HUAN Yan-Fu2, CAO Yan-Bo2, ZHANG Han-Qi2, JIN Qin-Han2   

  1. 1. Analytical and Testing Center,
    2. Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
  • Received:1999-11-25 Online:2000-11-24 Published:2000-11-24

Abstract: The analytical performance of two sample introduction systems, a low-microwave powered thermospray nebulizer and a pneumatic nebulizer, coupled to an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer, was compared. Several parameters including the sample uptake rate, the carrier gas flow rate and the observation height(above the load coil) were optimized and compared. Under the optimized conditions, the background equivalent concentration of Mn 257 610 nm, memory effect, HCl concentration effect on emission intensity of some selected elements, detection limits(DLs) and relative standard deviation(RSD) for Cd, Co, Cr, Mn, La with either nebulizer were studied. The DLs obtained with MWTN are lower than those with PN, but the RSDs are worse with MWTN than with PN.

Key words: Pneumatic nebulizer, Thermospray, Microwave-powered thermospray, ICP-AES, Sample introduction

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