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Main Title Reliable analyses of water by inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy /
Author Taylor, C. E.
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab., Athens, Ga.
Publisher Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; Available through the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA-600/2-77-113
Stock Number PB-271 644
OCLC Number 04264874
Subjects Water--Analysis ; Spectrum analysis--Instruments
Additional Subjects Water analysis ; Trace elements ; Sewage ; Emission spectroscopy ; Atomic spectroscopy ; Chemical analysis ; Performance evaluation ; Concentration(Composition) ; Water pollution ; Calibrating ; Accuracy ; Samples ; Organic compounds ; Water pollution detection ; Plasma spectroscopy
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EJBD  EPA 600-2-77-113 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 03/22/2016
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-77-113 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 600-2-77-113 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 03/12/2019
ESAD  EPA 600-2-77-113 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-271 644 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 32 pages ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Reduction of stray light in the inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometer (ICPES) has greatly increased its reliability as a technique for the multielemental analysis of water. Because of interferences introduced by matrix elements, reliable analysis of some less-sensitive elements has been impractical at concentrations of = or < 200 ppb. After surfaces in the secondary optical system were painted to prevent light scatter and the aperture at the primary lens was reduced in the ICPES, some interference corrections were reduced by more than one order of magnitude. Reduced interferences in the ICPES along with improved corrections by adding exact concentrations of calcium and magnesium to reagent blanks run during sample analyses have definitely improved the accuracy of this multielement analysis system. Observed background changes caused by the presence of magnesium were compensated for by adding matrix elements to calibration standards. Alcohol was added to standards, reagent blanks, and samples to overcome problems of background change during analysis of samples of unknown organic content such as municipal sewage.
Notes
Chiefly tables. Includes bibliographical references (page 31).