title: Multielement continuum-source atomic-absorption spectrometry with an echelle-spectrometer/image-dissector system.
abstract: The continued development of the echelle-spectrometer/image-dissector system for multielement determination by continuum-source atomic-absorption spectrometry is presented. Modifications of the instruments include the use of a 20-groove/mm echelle grating blazed at 76 degrees , and the removal of the magnetic shield from the image dissector. The spectral range is from 300 to 430 nm and the observed resolution is better than 0.005 nm at 400 nm. Calibration curves are linear up to an absorbance of 0.2, and absorption sensitivities are up to 4-fold better than with the previous design. Fundamental characteristics of the detector limit the application of the instrument to sequential single-element quantifications with the electrothermal atomizer, and to sequential multielement quantification with the flame atomizer. The further development of the instrument for simultaneous multielement qualification is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masters
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hsiech
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Pardue