title: Ethanol loading in an inductively coupled plasma.
abstract: Changes to the fundamental and analytical parameters of a plasma have been investigated when ethanol has been added to aqueous or organic solutions. Excitation temperature, electron number density, and intensity of the H(alpha) line increased when ethanol has been added to aqueous solutions, while an electron density decrease and signal reduction have been found when ethanol has been added to xylene. The sensitivity has been improved for all ethanol concentrations when water has been the solvent, but the reverse has been found for xylene solutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Physics, Technikon Pretoria, P/B X680, Pretoria, South Africa.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: McCrindle
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Rademeyer