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Fundamental and analytical studies of optical emission from the Mach disk extracted from an ICP

Conference ·
OSTI ID:191716
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  1. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
An inductively coupled plasma is extracted into a small quartz vacuum chamber (approximately 1 torr) through a sampling orifice in a copper disk. Optical emission from the Mach disk region is measured with a new type of echelle spectrometer with two segmented-array charge-coupled device detectors (SCD), the Optima 3000 from Perkin-Elmer. This detector provides excellent quantum efficiency throughout the UV-visible region, as well as low dark current and readout noises. The spectral background emitted by the Mach disk is very low. If analyte line intensities from the Mach disk can be enhanced, the combined ICP-Mach disk-Optima instrument should provide excellent detection limits for simultaneous multielement analysis. Axial profiles of the optical emission of various atom and ion lines are measured. Intensities of various lines are maximized at the Mach disk location. The relationship between the location of the Mach disk and the vacuum operating pressure is studied, using a cathetometer to measure small changes in the location of the Mach disk. The effects of aerosol gas flow rate on the intensities of various lines are also investigated. Finally, several schemes for boosting the intensity from the Mach disk will be presented.
OSTI ID:
191716
Report Number(s):
CONF-941098--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English