@article {3196,
	title = {CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED ARGON PLASMA OPERATING WITH ORGANIC AEROSOLS .1. SPECTRAL AND SPATIAL OBSERVATIONS},
	journal = {Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry},
	volume = {9},
	number = {12},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: PY149Times Cited: 33Cited Reference Count: 27},
	month = {Dec},
	pages = {1311-1322},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The effect of solvent and solvent load on the background spectra and visual features obtained from an inductively coupled argon plasma have been recorded. An experimental system for making these measurements is described. The solvents studied were water, methanol and chloroform, at solvent loads corresponding to the maximum and minimum obtainable. The most conspicuous features observed were emission atomic carbon, diatomic carbon and cyanide. A thermal pinch created by the introduction of organic solvents and a recirculation eddy at the base of the torch have been characterized.},
	keywords = {ATOMIC EMISSION-SPECTROMETRY, DROPLETS, DYNAMICS, fluctuations, GAS-FLOW, INDUCTIVELY COUPLED ARGON PLASMA, LOAD, ORGANIC SOLVENT, SAMPLE INTRODUCTION, SOLVENT PLASMA LOAD, THERMAL PINCH},
	isbn = {0267-9477},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1994PY14900002},
	author = {Weir, D. G. and Blades, M. W.}
}
@article {3198,
	title = {THE RESPONSE OF THE INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED ARGON PLASMA TO SOLVENT PLASMA LOAD - SPATIALLY-RESOLVED MAPS OF ELECTRON-DENSITY OBTAINED FROM THE INTENSITY OF ONE ARGON LINE},
	journal = {Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy},
	volume = {49},
	number = {12-14},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: QD364Times Cited: 13Cited Reference Count: 40},
	month = {Oct-Dec},
	pages = {1231-1250},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {A survey of spatially resolved electron number density (n(e)) in the tail cone of the inductively coupled argon plasma (ICAP) is presented: all of the results of the survey have been radially inverted by numerical, asymmetric Abel inversion. The survey extends over the entire volume of the plasma beyond the exit of the ICAP torch; It extends over distances of z = 5-25 mm downstream from the induction coil, and over radial distances of +/- 8 mm from the discharge axis. The survey also explores a range of inner argon flow rates (Q(IN)), solvent plasma load (Q(SPL)) and r.f. power: moreover, it explores loading by water, methanol and chloroform. Throughout the survey, n(e) was determined from the intensity of one, optically thin argon line, by a method which assumes that the atomic state distribution function (ASDF) for argon lies close to local thermal equilibrium (LTE). The validity of this assumption is reviewed. Also examined are the discrepancies between n(e) from this method and n(e) from Stark broadening measurements. With the error taken into account, the results of the survey reveal how time averaged values of n(e) in the ICAP respond over an extensive, previously unexplored range of experimental parameters. Moreover, the spatial information lends insight into how the thermal conditions and the transport of energy respond. Overall, the response may be described in terms of energy consumption along the axial channel and thermal pinch within the induction region. The predominating effect depends on the solvent plasma load, the solvent composition, the robustness of the discharge, and the distribution of solvent material over the argon stream.},
	keywords = {ATOMIC EMISSION-SPECTROMETRY, DESOLVATION, EQUILIBRIUM, EXCITATION, GAS-FLOW, INTRODUCTION, NUMBER, SAMPLE, STATE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION, WATER},
	isbn = {0584-8547},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1994QD36400009},
	author = {Weir, D. G. J. and Blades, M. W.}
}
