PLASMA ARC ALLOY ANALYSIS USING ULTRASONIC NEBULIZATION.

Abstract

An ultrasonic nebulizing-plasma arc system has been under evaluation. The nebulizing unit consists of a focused piezoelectric transducer operating at 1.4 megahertz, which creates a fine uniform aerosol from solutions held in a chamber. Acoustical energy is water coupled to this chamber through a thin plastic film. The system's main advantage is the handling of concentrated solutions. Both cation and anion matrix effects were found, but with adequate matching of standards and samples, both accuracy and precision for high temperature alloy analysis can be within plus or minus 5%. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0692104

Entities

People

  • James H. Muntz

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Alloys
  • Atomization
  • Heat Resistant Alloys
  • High Temperature
  • Piezoelectric Transducers
  • Precision
  • Standards
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.