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SPRAY CHAMBER TEMPERATURE:
A CRITICAL (YET OFTEN MISSING)
PARAMETER IN ICP EXPERIMENTS
Jerry Dulude, Ron Stux, and Vesna Dolic, Glass
Expansion, [email protected]
Focus of this study on ICP-OES
Effect of Spray Chamber Temperature on:
Analyte sensitivity
Detection limits
Matrix interferences
Plasma robustness
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Experimental
PE 2100 Optima DV
Power: 1450 watts
Coolant gas: 15LPM
Aux. gas: 0.2LPM
Neb. Gas: 0.7LPM
SeaSpray concentric glass nebulizer
IsoMist Programmable Temperature spray
chamber with Twister Baffled Cyclonic
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IsoMist on Optima 2100DV
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IsoMist Characteristics
Programmable from -10 to 60C in 1 degree
increments
Maintains temperature to within 0.1 degree
Built-in Peltier device
Temperature measured near the chamber
surface
No external plumbing
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39
6.
15
Al
3
39
4
Be .401
31
3
Cd .107
21
4.
44
Cd
0
22
6.
50
Cr
2
26
7.
71
Cr
6
20
5.
56
Cu
0
32
7.
39
Cu
3
32
4.
75
M
2
n
25
7.
61
Ni
0
23
1.
60
Ni
4
22
1.
64
Pb
8
22
0.
35
Se
3
19
6.
02
V
6
29
2.
46
Zn
4
20
6.
20
Zn
0
21
3.
85
Zn
7
20
2.
54
8
Al
Rel. DL
Effect of Temperature on Normalized
LOD (20ul/min Uptake)
12
10
8
2ml/min 21C
6
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.02ml/min 60C
4
2
0
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4
Cd .40
21 1
4
Cd .44
22 0
Co 6.50
23 2
8
Cr .89
26 2
7
Cr .71
20 6
5
Cu .56
32 0
Cu 7.39
32 3
4
Fe .75
23 2
8
Ni .20
23 4
1
Ni .6 0
22 4
1
Pb .6 4
22 8
0
Se .35
19 3
6.
02
V
29 6
2
Zn .46
20 4
6
Zn .20
21 0
3
Zn .85
20 7
2.
54
8
Al
Relative Sensitivity
Effect of Temperature on Normalized
Intensity (20 uL/min)
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
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40C
2.00
60C
1.50
21C
1.00
0.50
0.00
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Transport Efficiency vs. Uptake Rate
70%
Transport Efficiency
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0.000
0.100
0.200
0.300
0.400
0.500
0.600
Uptake mL/min
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Unexplained Intensity Enhancement
The Phenomenon
200% enhancement at 60C
67% possible from transport efficiency
Where is the missing 133%?
Theories
Higher energy plasma
Smaller mean droplet size
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Theory of Sensitivity Enhancement
“When water is the solvent, an increase in the solvent loading
under robust conditions leads to an increase in the MgII/MgI
ratio. …the generation of hydrogen will increase locally the
thermal conductivity of the discharge.”
Todoli and Mermet, JAAS, Aug., 1998, Vol. 13, p.730
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Humidification Test
Measure intensity in “bypass”
mode.
Switch to humidification “ON”
mode
Re-measure intensity without
changing conditions
Capricorn™ Argon
Humidifier
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19
.1
53
3.
96
69
31 6
C 7 .9
d
3
21 3
4.
4
C
r 2 40
67
.7
C
1
u
32 6
7
F e .3 9
23 3
M 8.20
g
28 4
M 5 .2
g
1
28 3
M 0 .2
n
7
25 1
7
Pb .61
22 0
Se 0.35
19 3
6
Z n .0 2
20 6
2
Zn .54
20 8
6
Zn .20
21 0
3.
85
7
C
a
As
Al
3
Normalised emission intensity
Effect of Humidification on Intensity
(100ul/min uptake rate)
1.05
1
0.95
0.9
without
humidifier
with humidifier
0.85
0.8
Elements
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Theory of Intensity Enhancement
Smaller Mean Droplet Size
Initiate evaporation in the chamber
Smaller particles reach the plasma
More efficient atomization
Higher intensity
Use phase Doppler particle analyzer to
measure mean droplet size
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Sensitivity vs. Temperature
(1ml/min uptake)
Normalised emission signal
Emission intensity at different ISOMIST temperature for
Standard solution (1mg/L)
2.2
2.1
2
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
1
0.9
10C
15C
20C
25C
30C
Al 396.153
As 193.696
Ca 317.933
Cd 214.440
Cr 267.716
Cu 327.393
Fe 238.204
Mg 285.213
Mg 280.271
Mn 257.610
P 178.221
Pb 220.353
Se 196.026
Si 251.611
Ti 334.940
Zn 202.548
Zn 206.200
Zn 213.857
35C
ISOMIST TEMPERATURE
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Intensity and Transport Efficiency vs
Temperature
2
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
INTENSITY
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Transport Eff.
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
10C
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15C
20C
25C
30C
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Temperature vs. Robustness
(Mg+/Mg Ratio) 1ml/min uptake
Effect of temperature and Salt on Robustness
16.00
14.00
MgII/MgI Ratio
12.00
10.00
standards
8.00
salt matrix
6.00
1000ppm Na + K
500ppm Ca
4.00
2.00
0.00
10
15
20
25
30
35
Tem p C
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Temperature vs. Suppression
(1ml/min uptake)
Degree of Suppression with increasing Temp
Cd214.440
1.400
Cr267.716
Cu327.393
1.200
Fe238.204
Mg285.213
1.000
Mg280.271
0.800
Mn257.610
P178.221
0.600
Pb220.353
1000ppm Na + K
500ppm Ca
0.400
Se196.026
Si251.611
0.200
Ti334.940
Zn202.548
0.000
10C
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20C
25C
30C
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Zn206.200
Zn213.857
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Suppression and Intensity vs. Temperature
(average of 18 lines) 1ml/min uptake
Performance vs. Temperature
2
1.8
1.6
normalized
1.4
1.2
Intensity
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Suppression
0.8
0.6
1000ppm Na + K
500ppm Ca
0.4
0.2
0
10C
15C
20C
25C
30C
35C
Temperature
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Summary
Spray chamber temperature is a critical
parameter in ICP-OES experiments.
Intensity is proportional to temperature.
Suppression is unrelated to temperature.
Plasma robustness increases with
temperature.
Constant temperature is important for all
analyses.
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