Analytical Atomic Spectrometry with Flames and Plasmas

Born in 1948, José 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.

BASIC PRINCIPLES
Atomic structure
Plasmas
Emission and absorption of radiation
Ionization
Dissociation
Sources for atomic spectrometry
Analytical atomic spectrometry
SPECTROMETRIC INSTRUMENTATION
Figures of merit of an analytical method
Optical spectrometers
Mass spectrometers
Data acquisition and treatment
Traceability
SAMPLE INTRODUCTION DEVICES
Pneumatic nebulization
Ultrasonic nebulization
Hydride generation
Eletrothermal evaporation
Direct solids sampling
Cathodic sputtering
ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY
Principles
Atomic absorption spectrometers
Flame atomic absorption
Electrothermal atomic absorption
Hydride generation
Background correction techniques
Fields of application
ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY
Principles
Atomic emission spectrometers
Flame emission
Arcs and sparks
Plasma sources
Glow discharges
Laser sources
Fields of application
PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY
Principles
Instrumentation
Glow discharge mass spectrometry
ICP mass spectrometry
Fields of application
ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY
Principles
Figures of merit
LASER ENHANCED IONIZATION SPECTROMETRY
Principles
Figures of merit
COMPARISON WITH OTHER METHODS
Power of detection
Reliability
Economic aspects