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Advantages of Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
- lower susceptibility to chemical interferences
- good emission spectra result for most elements under single set of excitation conditions, record spectra simultaneously for dozens of elements (compared with flame atomic absorption)
- permit the determination of low concentrations of elements
- permit to detect nonmetals such as chlorine, bromine, iodine and sulfur
- wide linear range (seven orders)
Disadvantages of Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
- spectral interferences
- require higher resolution and more expensive optical equipment
Inductively Coupled Plasm
- a plasma is an electrically conducting gaseous mixture containing significant concentration of cations and electrons
- argon plasma: 10000 K
Types of Plasma Sources
- Inductively coupled plasma (ICP)
- the most important of these plasmas is the ICP
- direct current plasma (DCP)
- microwave induced plasma (MIP)
How does the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source work
- three concentric quartz tube through which the steam of argon gas flow
1. ) ionization of the flowing argon is initiated by a spark from a Tesla coil
2. ) induction coil is powered by a radio-frequency generator which radiates 0.5-2 kW of power at 27.12 MHz or 40.68 MHz
3. ) th eresulting ions and their associated electrons, then react with the fluctuating magnetic field
4. ) this interaction causes the ions and electrons within the coil to flow in a closed annular paths
5. ) the resistance of the ions and electrons to this flow of charge causes ohmic heating of the plasma
Typical ICO source
torch
Three types of sample introductions for Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)
- ) nebulization
- ) electrothermal vaporization
- ) laser ablation
Types of nebulizations in inductively coupled plasma
- concentric glass nebulizer
- cross -flow
when is an electrothermal vaporization used
- for sample introduction only atomization occurs in plasma
where should observations be made in plasma appearance and spectra
generally made at a height of 15-20 mm above the induction coil, where the temperature is 6000-66500 K (background free)
Analyte Atomization and Ionization comparison
- ) atomization is more complete in plasma than in flames
- ) atomization occurs in a chemically inert environment, which tends to enhance the lifetime of the analyte by preventing oxide formation
- ) the temperature cross section of the plasma is relatively uniform, self-absorption and self-reversal do no occur
- ) the plasma produces significant ionization, which makes it an excellent source for ICPMS
What is Direct Current Plasma
- has fewer lines than those produced by the ICP, and the lines formed in the DCP are largely from atoms rather than ions
- sensitivity range from an order of magnitude lower than those in ICP reproducibilities are similar, less argon is required, less expensive
- short residence time, graphite electrode must be replaced every few hours
Three types of Plasma Source Spectrometers
- ) sequential
- ) simultaneous multichannel
- ) fourier transform
Types of simultaneous multichannel
- polychromators
- spectrographs
What are the applications of Plasma Soures
- useful for both qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis
- high stability
- low noise
- low background
- freefom from interferences
What is more sensitive, ICP or DCP
ICP
What is more expensive, DCP and ICP
ICP
What is ICP
it is an emission spectroscopy that is used primarily for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of samples that dissolved or suspended in aqueous or organic liquids
- possible to analyze solid sample directly
- procedure incorporating electro-thermal vaporization
- laser and spark ablation and glow discharge vaporization
Elements determined using ICP
- all metallic elements can be determined by plasma emission spectroscopy
- nonmetallic elements: boron, phosphorus, nitrogen, sulfur carbon
- usefulness for the alkali metal is limited to 60 elements
- internal standard is often used in emission spectrometry
Calibration Curves for ICP
- for plasma spectrometry most often consist of a plot of an electrical signal proportional to line intensity vs. analyte concentration
- usually linear
- nonlinearity often occurs at high concentration range because of self-absorption or incorrect background correction
- an internal standard is often used in emission spectrometry
Interferences in ICP
- chemical interferences and matrix effects are significantly lower with plasma than with other atomizers
- at low analyte concentrations, the background emission due to recombination or argon ions with electrons is large enough to require careful correction