Evaluation of a pulsed flash-tube for inductively-coupled plasma atomic-fluorescence spectrometry.
A pulsed continuum xenon flash-tube is used as an excitation source in ICP-AFS. The simultaneous excitation of many elements is attractive and avoids the one source per element as in conventional ICP-AFS. In this study, the pulsed continuum flash-tube is evaluated as an excitation source for multielement atomic fluorescence spectrometry in an ICP. Analytical figures of merit are given for the elements studied.
Mignardi
M A
MA
Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A.
Smith
W
W
Jones
B T
BT
Krupa
R J
RJ
Winefordner
J D
JD