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Hollow electrode plasma excitation source

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868244
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.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5105123
OSTI ID:
868244
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

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
Furnace atomisation with non-thermal excitation—Experimental evaluation of detection based on a high-resolution échelle monochromator incorporating automatic background correction journal January 1983
Silberbestimmung in Golddraht durch nichtthermische Anregung im Graphitrohrofen (FANES) journal January 1981