Evaluation of a Direct Current Arc Charge Injection Device Spectrograph for Direct Analysis of Soils

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
CYNTHIA A. MAHAN
2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Prevatt ◽  
M. Bonner Denton

A direct current plasma (DCP) source, equipped with an echelle spectrometer and charge-injection device (CID) detector, was employed for the analysis of trace metals in municipal sludge and wastewater containing high solids. The use of DCP as a plasma source has largely vanished in the past decade due to the popularity of inductively coupled plasma. Resurrecting this robust plasma source and coupling it to a state-of-the-art echelle spectrometer provides for an extremely forgiving analytical technique capable of analysing trace metals rapidly, even in complex high-solid matrices. Instrument performance is further enhanced as the echelle/CID spectrometer provides a simultaneous multi-element fingerprint of contaminants in the waste. The improved design offers increased sensitivity in the far ultraviolet, with overall wavelength coverage from 175 to 800 nm. Furthermore, multi-element analysis is obtained quickly with minimal or no sample preparation, making this the fastest screening technique available.


1988 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 1302-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A. Burke ◽  
G.E. Bender ◽  
J.K. Pimbley ◽  
G.P. Summers ◽  
C.J. Dale ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 128 (960) ◽  
pp. 025001 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Batcheldor ◽  
R. Foadi ◽  
C. Bahr ◽  
J. Jenne ◽  
Z. Ninkov ◽  
...  

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian S. Backer ◽  
Zoran Ninkov ◽  
Massimiliano Corba

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Zarnowski ◽  
Bryn Williams ◽  
Matthew A. Pace ◽  
Michael Joyner ◽  
Joseph Carbone ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 1218-1223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Antolín ◽  
Gregorio Borge ◽  
Tomás Posada ◽  
Juan C Raposo ◽  
Iker Seara ◽  
...  

Abstract A validation study was carried out in order to evaluate the efficiency of inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) for the analysis of minor elements (manganese, chromium, copper, iron, and titanium) in aluminium alloys. Aluminium casting samples were obtained by adding compressed powder compacts of each alloying element and aluminium (minitablets) to aluminum baths in a laboratory crucible furnace. Digestion of solid samples was performed using concentrated HCl and H2O2 35% (v/v) previous to analysis by ICP-OES without any matrix separation. This solution-based method was validated considering direct current arc spectrometry as the reference method based on direct analysis without any pretreatment of the solid samples considered. Univariate statistical procedures were carried out, for which precision <3% and trueness of the analytical results were taken into account.


1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 825-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingbo Li ◽  
Edward S. Yeung

Despite the rapid growth in the use of imaging detectors in spectroscopy, the charge-injection device (CID) has unique features that have not been fully exploited. The advantages of the CID as a two-dimensional array detector for laser-induced fluorescence detection in highly multiplexed capillary electrophoresis are evaluated. In such a system, the CID maintains both high sensitivity and high sampling rate, which are usually difficult to achieve simultaneously with other array detectors. Applying the electronic windowing function significantly improves the scan rate and greatly reduces the volume of data generated. With 1-s exposure time and 488-nm excitation, the detection limit of the system is 10−12 M fluorescein with the device cryogenically cooled and 10−11 M fluorescein at ambient temperature. The low dark current of the CID imager allows operation at room temperature without significantly affecting sensitivity when combined with moderate laser powers. We demonstrate that the CID is well suited for high-speed, high-throughput DNA sequencing based on multiplexed capillary electrophoresis with on-column laser-induced fluorescence detection.


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