Analysis of copper-base alloys by emission spectrometry using the glow-discharge source

Abstract

A method is presented for the rapid and accurate spectrometric determination of the alloying and minor elements in copper-base alloys using a Grimm glow-discharge source. The remarkable lack of inter-element effects in this source enables a wide range of element concentrations to be measured with the use of a small number of standards. The accuracies for the major elements, including copper, are generally better than 0.2% relative.