title: Comparison of experimental and calculated relative sensitivity coefficients for spark-source mass-spectrometry of metals.
abstract: Sensitivity calibration has been performed for the spark-source mass-spectrometric analysis of iron, copper and aluminium matrices, with standard reference materials. The experimental relative sensitivity coefficients, corrected for discrimination effects in the mass spectrometer, are compared with values obtained with various empirical approaches to calculate relative sensitivity coefficients for an r.f. spark. The best correlation found is only of the order of 50%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerpen (U.I.A.), B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Hoye
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gijbels