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Title: Hollow electrode plasma excitation source

Abstract

A plasma source incorporates a furnace as a hollow anode, while a coaxial cathode is disposed therewithin. The source is located in a housing provided with an ionizable gas such that a glow discharge is produced between anode and cathode. Radiation or ionic emission from the glow discharge characterizes a sample placed within the furnace and heated to elevated temperatures.

Inventors:
 [1]
  1. West Richland, WA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
868244
Patent Number(s):
5105123
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
hollow; electrode; plasma; excitation; source; incorporates; furnace; anode; coaxial; cathode; disposed; therewithin; located; housing; provided; ionizable; gas; glow; discharge; produced; radiation; ionic; emission; characterizes; sample; placed; heated; elevated; temperatures; excitation source; ionizable gas; plasma source; elevated temperatures; elevated temperature; glow discharge; hollow electrode; housing provided; hollow anode; electrode plasma; /315/250/313/

Citation Formats

Ballou, Nathan E. Hollow electrode plasma excitation source. United States: N. p., 1992. Web.
Ballou, Nathan E. Hollow electrode plasma excitation source. United States.
Ballou, Nathan E. Wed . "Hollow electrode plasma excitation source". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868244.
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year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
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Silberbestimmung in Golddraht durch nichtthermische Anregung im Graphitrohrofen (FANES)
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Direct Solids Elemental Analysis: Pulsed Plasma Sources
journal, October 1987


FANES (furnace atomic nonthermal excitation spectrometry)—a new emission technique with high detection power
journal, January 1981