Use of a Spectrally Segmented Photodiode-Array Spectrometer for Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy

Abstract

The utility of a spectrally segmented photodiode array spectrometer was examined by using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). The spectrometer used in this study is capable of high resolution (reciprocal linear dispersion of approximately 0.08 nm/mm at 300 nm) over a wide spectral range (190-145nm). The effect of using spectral-peak areas instead of peak heights as a signal definition was determined by using the emission signals from 10 molybdenum lines obtained at various photodiode array integration periods. In addition, a signal definition involving a summation over a range of 5 pixels offered the best signal-to-noise ratio when the noise was defined as the standard deviation of the residual values from the line fit to the sideband background level. A detection limit of 6ng/ml was determined in this way for molybdenum. The multichannel capability of the spectrometer was found to permit continuous background correction, thereby reducing errors caused by low- frequency noise or plasma drift. Detector linearity was found to extend over three orders of magnitude with a single integration period. Inductively coupled plasma, Photodiode array spectrometer, Multielement analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 10, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205688

Entities

People

  • Gary M. Hieftje
  • K. R. Brushwyler
  • Naoki Furuta

Organizations

  • Indiana University

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corporations
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dispersions
  • Dynamic Range
  • Elements
  • Emission Spectroscopy
  • High Resolution
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Residuals
  • Spectra
  • Spectral Lines
  • Spectrometers
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy