Polychromator system for multielement determination by gas chromatography with helium plasma atomic emission spectrometric detection
Polychromator system for multielement determination by gas chromatography with helium plasma atomic emission spectrometric detection
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氦等离子体原子发射光谱检测气相色谱多元素测定多色仪系统
DOI:
10.1021/ac00258a006
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Thomas A. Ridgway
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作者:
M. Eckhoff;J. Caruso;Thomas A. Ridgway
A polychromator/mlcrocomputer system has been developed to simultaneously monitor four atomic emission wavelengths throughout an entire chromatographic run. A refractor plate mounted on a stepper motor Is used to acquire background Information at each emission wavelength. By appropriately stepping the refractor plate, one also obtains signal plus background information at each wavelength. Thus, as the chromatography proceeds, dynamically background corrected data points are plotted yielding multichannel chromatograms. The Importance of such background correction IS clearly demonstrated through markedly enhanced selectlvltles and elimination or minimization of “false peaks”. This multichan-nel detector approach can reduce chromatographic ambigu-ities and with He plasma elemental emission lead to determination of empirical formulas for the eluting substances. Detection limits, linear dynamic ranges, and precisions available by this technique are reported for a series of en-vironmentally Important compounds. Absolute detection limits are at nanogram levels and precisions are on the order of 5% relative standard deviation. These compare well with those reported for single-channel emission methods while retaining the high selectivity that the background corrected experiment affords.The recent resurgence of atomic emission spectrometry as a method for elemental analysis may be attributed to the use of the inductively coupled plasma (ICP), direct current plasma (DCP), and microwave induced plasma (MIP) as excitation sources. The high temperature (5000-7000 K), stability, and inert atmosphere provided by these types of plasmas result in an improved analytical performance at trace levels when