Shukla, RP;
Bhattacharya, SS;
Udupa, DV;
Jayasekharan, T;
Khanna, PP;
Marathe, SM;
Kumar, S;
... Roy, AP; + view all
(2000)
Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a 22-channel direct reading atomic emission spectrometer using inductively coupled plasma as a source of excitation.
Sadhana
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57 - 69.
10.1007/BF02703807.
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Abstract
The indigenous design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a polychromator, using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) as a source of excitation, are described. A concave holographic grating is used as the dispersing element and a Paschen-Runge mount is chosen to focus the spectra over a wide range along the Rowland circle. Twenty-two exit slits, mounted along the circle, precisely correspond to the wavelengths used for determination of up to twenty elements present in the plasma. Radiations emerging from the exit slits are detected by photomultiplier tubes placed behind them. The photomultiplier signal is recorded by an electronic system consisting of an integrator and a PC-based data acquisition system. The performance of the spectrometer has been evaluated with an ICP excitation source. Synthetic standards in deionized water containing a mixture of twenty impurities have been analysed. Typical determination limits observed for elements range from sub-ppm to ppm levels. All the elements present as impurities can be detected simultaneously. It is also observed that each element has a different emitting region in the ICP flame for which the maximum signal to the background is obtained. The determination limits obtained corresponding to these zones are the lowest. A study of the sensitive emitting zones for several elements has been carried out and the results are demonstrated by photographs of the ICP flame. The study will help in achieving the minimum value of determination limit for an impurity element.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of a 22-channel direct reading atomic emission spectrometer using inductively coupled plasma as a source of excitation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF02703807 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02703807 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is archived in accordance with Sadhana's Publication Authorisation and Copyright Transfer agreement, which permits inclusion of the published work with no changes on the author’s personal website or institutional archives/repositories. |
| Keywords: | Spectrochemical analysis, Atomic emission spectrometer, Inductively coupled plasma, Spectroscopy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1307856 |
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