E. Hywel Evans, Simon Chenery, Andrew Fisher, John Marshall and Karen Sutton
1 Arcs, sparks, low-pressure discharges, furnaces and lasers 1.1 Arcs 1.2 Sparks 1.3 Low-pressure discharges 1.3.1 Glow discharges 1.3.2 Surface-wave magnetoplasma discharges 1.3.3 Fundamental studies 1.4 Furnaces 1.5 Lasers 1.6 Other sources 2 Inductively coupled plasmas 2.1 Fundamental studies 2.2 Sample introduction 2.2.1 Nebulizers 2.2.2 Flow injection 2.2.3 Chromatography 2.2.4 Electrothermal vaporization 2.2.5 Solid sampling procedures 2.2.6 Vapour generation 2.3 Instrumental developments 2.3.1 ICP and other related sources 2.3.2 Spectrometers 2.3.3 Chemometrics and instrument control 3 Microwave induced plasmas 3.1 Fundamental studies 3.2 Instrumentation 3.3 Sample introduction 3.3.1 Liquid nebulization 3.3.2 Thermal vaporization 3.3.3 Chemical vapour generation 3.3.4 Direct analysis of solids 3.4 Chromatography 3.4.1 Instrumentation 3.4.2 Gas chromatography-microwave induced plasma applications 4 Direct current plasmas 5 References