This Application Note describes how to use Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) to analyze metals in high alloy steel. ICP-OES is an efficient and fast method for analyzing major and minor elements in high alloy steels.
This document details the analysis of metals in high alloy steel using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). It highlights the advantages of ICP-OES over Spark Emission Spectroscopy and X-Ray Fluorescence for trace element analysis due to better detection limits and reduced matrix dependence. The note specifically focuses on the Agilent Liberty 200 ICP spectrometer.
| Focal length | 0.75 m |
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| Grating | 1800 grooves/mm |
| Wavelength range | 160-900 nm |
| Resolution 1st order | 0.018 nm |
| RF Frequency | 40.68 MHz |
| Plasma power | 1.2 kW |
| Argon flow rate Plasma | 12L/min |
| Sample uptake rate | 1.4 mL/min |
An Agilent Liberty 200 ICP spectrometer was used for all measurements.
The integration time is set to 3 seconds.
The precision of the measurements ranged from 0.1 to 1 %RSD.