Glow Discharge Plasmas In Analytical Spectroscopy

This multi-author, edited volume includes chapters which deal with both basic and highly complex applications. Glow discharge devices are now being used in very novel ways for the analysis of liquids and gases, including molecular species detection and identification, an area that was beyond the perceived scope of applicability just ten years ago. It is expected that the next decade will see a growth in the interest and application of glow discharge devices far surpassing the expectations of the last century.

• Responding to the rapid growth in the field
• Includes both GD-MS and GD-AES
• In-depth coverage of applications
• Co-edited by the top names in the field in Europe and US, with high calibre contributions from around the world

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.

Preface.

List of Contributors.

Introduction (R. K. Marcus and J. A. C. Broekaert).

Optical Emission Spectrometry with Glow Discharges (J. A. C. Broekaert).

Mass Spectrometry of Glow Discharges (W. W. Harrison, C. Yang and E. Oxley).

Radio Frequency Glow Dicharges (R. K. Marcus).

Depth Profile Analysis (A. Bengston).

Numerical Modeling of Analytical Glow Discharges (A. Bogaerts and R. Gijbels).

Application of Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry in the Steel Industry (K. Kakita).

Surfaces, Thin Films and Coatings (R. Payling, et al.).

Comparison of Glow Discharge Atomic Spectrometry to Other Surface Analysis Methods (K. Wagatsuma).

Analysis of Samples of Nuclear Concern with Glow Discharge Atomic Spectrometry (M. Betti).

Analysis of Nonconducting Materials by dc Glow Discharge Spectrometry (A. Bogaerts, et al.).

Standards and Reference Materials for Glow Discharge Spectroscopies (M. Winchester).

Analysis of Liquid Samples Using Glow Discharge Spectroscopies (R. K. Marcus).

GC-Speciation with GDMS Detect ion (J. A. Caruso and L. Milstien).

Glow Discharge Atomic Emission Spectrometry for the Analysis of Gases and as an Alternative Gas Chromatographic Detector (R. Pereiro, et al.).

Low-pressure Inductively Coupled Plasmas (H. Evans).

Multidimensional Ionization Sources for Plasma-source Mass Spectrometry (J. P. Guzowski and G. M. Hieftje).

Index.