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RF plasma nozzle for analytical chemistry

SLAVÍČEK, Pavel, Aleš HRDLIČKA, Magda DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Lukáš NOVOSÁD, Viktor KANICKÝ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

RF plasma nozzle for analytical chemistry

Authors

SLAVÍČEK, Pavel, Aleš HRDLIČKA, Magda DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Lukáš NOVOSÁD and Viktor KANICKÝ

Edition

2nd Plasma Nanotechnologies and Bioapplications Workshop, 2021

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10305 Fluids and plasma physics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-80-210-9946-3

Keywords in English

plasma nozzle; atmospheric pressure plasma; OES; chemical analysis

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International impact
Změněno: 5/11/2021 11:55, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

Different plasma sources were used for chemical analysis – inductively coupled plasma, glow discharges, capacitively coupled plasma and microwave sources. Discharges at atmospheric pressure were used in most cases. Our study was aimed to rf plasma nozzle (plasma pencil) at atmospheric pressure as an alternative excitation source for analytical chemistry. Plasma pencil had been a capacitively coupled plasma rf jet discharge, operated typically in argon at atmospheric pressure. The experimental arrangement is shown in Fig. 1. The plasma was boosted by a Cesar 136 rf generator at 13.56 MHz frequency, and the correct feedback was driven by a laboratory-made matching unit keeping the reflected power close to zero. It was enclosed in a 250 mm long quartz tube (o.d. 4 mm, i.d. 2 mm). The position 6.5 cm corresponds to the ground electrode, 0 cm is the position of the sample inlet, and the power electrode is on position -1.5 cm. The main argon stream was dosed with a mass flow controller. The aerosol sample introduction system employed a peristaltic pump, and a double pass Scott spray chamber with a pneumatic concentric nebulizer. The created aerosol was transported by the carrier gas perpendicularly into the main discharge argon stream. The analytical profit of this plasma source had been shown during the determination of Li, Na, Mg, Ca, Cu and Zn in aqueous solutions as representatives of alkali, alkali-earth and transition metals [1-3]. The parameters of the plasma nozzle (rotational and excitation temperature) were calculated by optical emission spectroscopy (OES) [4]. The advantage of the tested plasma source had been lower operational costs compared with conventional inductively coupled plasma or microwave plasma excitation sources for chemical analysis.