Issue 11, 2014

Enhancement of analyte atomic lines with excitation energies of about 5 eV in the presence of molecular gases in analytical glow discharges

Abstract

Small amounts of hydrogen or oxygen in either argon or neon plasmas cause previously unexplained enhanced excitation of various analyte atomic lines with upper energies close to 5 eV. We suggest this enhancement is due to three body collisions involving two hydrogen or oxygen atoms and a sample atom.

Graphical abstract: Enhancement of analyte atomic lines with excitation energies of about 5 eV in the presence of molecular gases in analytical glow discharges

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Qas 2014
Accepted
18 Qad 2014
First published
18 Qad 2014

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014,29, 2022-2026

Author version available

Enhancement of analyte atomic lines with excitation energies of about 5 eV in the presence of molecular gases in analytical glow discharges

S. Mushtaq, E. B. M. Steers, J. C. Pickering and P. Šmid, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 2022 DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00193A

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