Authors: Gu, Jiyan¹; Donati, George L.¹; Young, Carl G.¹; Jones, Bradley T.²

Source: Applied Spectroscopy, Volume 65, Issue 4, Pages 98A-124A and 359-465, (April 2011) , pp. 382-385(4)

Publisher: Society for Applied Spectroscopy

Abstract:

A simple continuum source tungsten coil atomic fluorescence spectrometer is constructed and evaluated. The heart of the system is the atomizer: a low-cost tungsten filament extracted from a 150 W light bulb. The filament is resistively heated with a small, solid-state, constant-current power supply. The atomizer is housed in a glass chamber and purged with a 1 L/min flow of a conventional welding gas mixture: 10% H₂/Ar. A 25 μL sample aliquot is pipetted onto the tungsten coil, the liquid is dried at low current, and then the atomic vapor is produced by applying a current in the range 3.5-5.5 A. The atomization current does not produce temperatures high enough to excite atomic emission. Radiation from a 300 W xenon lamp is focused through the atomic vapor, exciting atomic fluorescence. Fluorescence signals are collected using a hand-held chargecoupled device (CCD) spectrometer. Simultaneous determination of ten elements (Ag, Bi, Cr, Cu, Ga, In, Mg, Mn, and Tl) results in detection limits in the range 0.3 to 10 ng. The application of higher atomization currents (10 A) leads to straightforward detection of atomic emission signals with no modifications to the instrument.

Keywords: ELECTROTHERMAL VAPORIZER; TUNGSTEN COIL; ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; AFS; CONTINUUM SOURCE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; AES; PORTABLE INSTRUMENTATION

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1366/10-06158

Affiliations: 1: Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA 2: Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA. jonesbt@wfu.edu

Publication date: 2011-04-01

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