Table of Contents

BASIC PRINCIPLES Atomic structure Plasmas Emission and absorption of radiation Ionization Dissociation Sources for atomic spectrometry Analytical atomic spectrometry SPECTROMETRIC INSTRUMENTATION Figures of merit of an analytical method Optical spectrometers Mass spectrometers Data acquisition and treatment SAMPLE INTRODUCTION DEVICES Pneumatic nebulization Ultrasonic nebulization Hydride generation Eletrothermal evaporation Direct solids sampling Cathodic sputtering ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY Principles Atomic absorption spectrometers Flame atomic absorption Electrothermal atomic absorption Hydride generation Background correction techniques Fields of application ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY Principles Atomic emission spectrometers Flame emission Arcs and sparks Plasma sources Glow discharges Laser sources Fields of application PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY Principles Instrumentation Glow discharge mass spectrometry ICP mass spectrometry Fields of application ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY Principles Figures of merit LASER ENHANCED IONIZATION SPECTROMETRY Principles Figures of merit COMPARISON WITH OTHER METHODS Power of detection Reliability Economic aspects

About the Author

Born in 1948, Jose Broekaert studied chemistry at the University of Gent, Belgium, graduating in 1970. After receiving his PhD from the University of Gent in 1976 and a stay in Germany as Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow the following year, he was a scientist at the ISAS, Dortmund from 1978 to 1991 and obtained the degree of "Geaggregeerde voor het hoger onderwijs" from the University of Antwerp, Belgium in 1985. He became associate professor at the University of Dortmund in 1991, full professor at the University of Leipzig in 1998 and, in 2002, joined the University of Hamburg. In 1998 he was a visiting Fulbright research scholar at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. His main research interests include the development of plasma optical emission, atomic absorption and inorganic mass spectrometry methods and their application in solving analytical problems.

Reviews

"...summarizes the theory and principles of modern spectrochemical analysis that make use of flames and plasma sources." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002) "...provides an excellent theoretical background to the topic..." (Trends in Analytical Chemistry, November 2002)