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Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry

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Optical emission spectrometry is a well proven analytical technique, in widespread use for the last 30 to 40 years. However, early devices available as optical emission sources (arc, spark or dc electrical discharges) had a number of disadvantages that prevented their widespread use for fully quantitative analysis of silicate samples. This situation changed dramatically during the mid-1960s with the development of inductively coupled argon plasma as an emission source for spectroscopic measurements.

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