title: Development of a high-resolution inductively-coupled argon plasma apparatus for derivative spectrometry and its application to the determination of hafnium in high-purity zirconium oxide.
abstract: A high-resolution apparatus for inductively-coupled plasma emission spectrometry (ICPES) has been developed, based on an echelle spectrometer modified for wavelength modulation with a quartz refractor plate. The selectivity of the technique is thus improved, and small amounts of hafnium in high-purity zirconium oxide can be determined directly without prior separation or preconcentration. A straight-line calibration curve passing through the origin is obtained without any correction for the interference from zirconium which exists in large excess. The detection limit for hafnium is 0.06 microg/ml, and the relative standard deviation (10 replicates) for hafnium at the 1.2 microg/ml level is about 3%.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Research Institute of Non-Aqueous Solutions, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai-shi, 980 Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh