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Thermospectrometry

A new method to follow the thermal processes with spectrometric methods

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Thermospectrometry, a new and unique material testing and analytical method has been developed by combining thermal analysis with atom and molecule spectrometry. The central unit of the method is a stationary furnace that can be heated up to 1700 °C. Nanoparticles of solid, liquid or gaseous samples travel upwards between the two heated walls of the furnace placed 10 mm from each other, where conversion and decomposition processes occur separately in time and space according to the thermal properties of substances. The formation and decomposition of molecules, atoms and ions can be observed directly with narrow light beams of spectral lamps heights of the furnace (maximum of 200 mm). The developed method has been used for studying the atomization of inorganic and organic water soluble mercury salts.

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The authors would like to express their acknowledgement for the financial support of GVOP-3.3.3-05/2006-01-0198/3.0 fund. The material of the article is under the intellectual protection of P1200587 Hungarian Patent.

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  1. Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary

    Dávid Nagy, Csaba Falussy & József Posta

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Nagy, D., Falussy, C. & Posta, J. Thermospectrometry. J Therm Anal Calorim 115, 323–329 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-013-3254-5

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