A Optical Atomic Spectra

In this chapter, we first present a theoretical discussion of the sources and properties of optical atomic spectra. We then list methods used for producing atoms from samples for elemental analysis. Finally, we describe in some detail the various techniques used for introducing samples into the devices that arc used for optical absorjHion, emis-, sion, and fluorescence spectrometry as well as atomic mass spectrometry. Chapter 9 is devoted to atormc.absorption methods, the most widely used of all the. atomic spectrometric techniques. Chapter 10 deals with several types of atomic emission techniques. Brief chapters on atomic mass spectrometry and atomic X-ray methods follow this discussion. 

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In this section, we briefly con.sider the theoretical basis of optical atomic spectrometry and some of the important characterislies of optical spectra. 

FIGURE S-1 Energy level diagrams for (a) atomic sodium and (b) magnesium(l) ion. Note the similarity in pattern of lines shown in blue but not in actual wavelengths (A), 

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