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Four different material probes were used to characterize the shock-treated and shock-synthesized products. Of these, magnetization provided the most sensitive measure of yield, while x-ray diffraction provided the most explicit structural data. Mossbauer spectroscopy provided direct critical atomic level data, whereas transmission electron microscopy provided key information on shock-modified, but unreacted reactant mixtures. The results of determinations of product yield and identification of product are summarized in Fig. 8.2. What is shown in the figure is the location of pressure, mean-bulk temperature locations at which synthesis experiments were carried out. Beside each point are the measures of product yield as determined from the three probes. The yields vary from 1% to 75 % depending on the shock conditions. From a structural point of view a surprising result is that the product composition is apparently not changed with various shock conditions. The same product is apparently obtained under all conditions only the yield is changed. 

Unfortunately, these rather basic errors are distressingly common, yet cause much unnecessary dissatisfaction. No printer is perfect, and relying on catalog data can result in the publication of incorrect data in a paper. This occurred, e.g. in 1994 when data was taken from an out-of-date NIST catalog, rather than the appropriate certificate. Published in the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, the paper by Soares et al. (1994) cited a certified value for Cr in NIST SRM 1548, when consultation of the Certificate would have shown that for several technical reasons the element value reported could not be certified. 

W.C. Martin, Sources of Atomic Spectroscopy Data for Astrophysics , in PL. Smith and W. L. Wiese (eds.), Atomic and Molecular Data for Space Astronomy Needs, Analysis and Availability, Springer, Berlin, 1992. 

The selection of a technique to determine the concentration of a given element is often based on the availability of the instrumentation and the personal preferences of the analytical chemist. As a general rule, AAS is preferred when quantifications of only a few elements are required since it is easy to operate and is relatively inexpensive. A comparison of the detection limits that can be obtained by atomic spectroscopy with various atom reservoirs is contained in Table 8.1. These data show the advantages of individual techniques and also the improvements in detection limits that can be obtained with different atom reservoirs. 

An alternative approach is to analyze the samples using procedures or instrumentation that will give the maximum amount of data for each sample. For example, recent advances in atomic spectroscopy, i.e., inductively coupled argon plasma emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), allow 20 to 30 elements to be detected simultaneously. 

The dialogue between users and providers of atomic data is a two-way conversation, with atomic physicists beginning to view astrophysical and laboratory plasmas as unique sources of new information about the structure of complex atomic species. A number of monographs on theoretical atomic spectroscopy cowritten by theoreticians and astrophysicists and dedicated to astrophysicists also contribute to better mutual understanding [18, 320]. 

The data of atomic spectroscopy are of extreme importance in revealing the nature of quantum-electrodynamical effects. For the investigation of many-electron atoms and ions, it is of great importance to combine theoretical and experimental methods. Therefore, the methods used must be universal and accurate. A number of physical characteristics of the many-electron atom (e.g., a complete set of quantum numbers) may be found only on the basis of theoretical considerations. In many cases the mathematical modelling of physical objects and processes using modern computers may successfully replace the corresponding experiments. In this book we shall describe the contemporary state of the theory of many-electron atoms and ions, the peculiarities of their structure and spectra as well as the processes of their interaction with radiation, and some applications. 

While these data show that the image dissector is superior to the silicon target vidicon in several respects for atomic spectroscopy, the silicon vidicon and other integrating detectors retain significant advantages for molecular absorption (39) and fluorescence spectroscopy (40) where resolution requirements are not so demanding, available radiant fluxes are higher, and a... 

We should emphasize the fact that the progress made by us in measuring the Lamb shift to higher precision allows one to determine the radius of the proton within the error limits 0.007 fm from the data obtained. Thus one can conclude that precise atomic spectroscopy is quite competitive in the study of interaction dynamics between electrons and protons. The advantages of such an approach are the opportunity of observing atomic states for a longer period of time and also that the corresponding experimental facilities both in size and cost are considerably more attractive than modern accelerators. 

The precision of an instrument must be considered. Many typical measurements, for example, in atomic spectroscopy, are recorded to only two significant figures. Consider a dataset in which about 95 % of the readings were recorded between 0.10 and 0.30 absorbance units, yet a statistically designed experiment tries to estimate 64 effects. The /-test provides information on the significance of each effect. However, statistical tests assume that the data are recorded to indefinite accuracy, and will not take this lack of numerical precision into account. For the obvious effects, chemo-metrics will not be necessary, but for less obvious effects, the statistical conclusions will be invalidated because of the low numerical accuracy in the raw data. 

The problem of N bound electrons interacting under the Coulomb attraction of a single nucleus is the basis of the extensive field of atomic spectroscopy. For many years experimental information about the bound eigenstates of an atom or ion was obtained mainly from the photons emitted after random excitations by collisions in a gas. Energy-level differences are measured very accurately. We also have experimental data for the transition rates (oscillator strengths) of the photons from many transitions. Photon spectroscopy has the advantage that the photon interacts relatively weakly with the atom so that the emission mechanism is described very accurately by first-order perturbation theory. One disadvantage is that the accessibility of states to observation is restricted by the dipole selection rule. 

When applied to hydrogen, Bohr s theory worked well when atoms with more electrons were considered, the theory failed. Complications such as elliptical rather than circular orbits were introduced in an attempt to fit the data to Bohr s theory. The developing experimental science of atomic spectroscopy provided extensive data for testing of the Bohr theory and its modifications and forced the theorists to work hard to explain the spectroscopists observations. In spite of their efforts, the Bohr theory eventually proved unsatisfactory the energy levels shown in Figure 2-2 are valid only for the hydrogen atom. An important characteristic of the electron, its wave nature, still needed to be considered. 

The use of analytical atomic spectroscopy in clinical chemistry has developed rapidly over the last 20 years and there is now adequate knowledge and instrumentation available for the measurement of a wide range of elements (C12, H25, M4, W25) in concentrations as low as 1 ng/ml or amounts as small as 10" g. The cost of the instruments ranges from 100 ( 240) for the simplest flame photometer to 50,000 ( 120,000) for an advanced direct reading spectrometer with data handling facilities. 

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Data from Perkin Elmer. Guide toTechni< ues and application.s of atomic spectroscopy, (1988) - Boyle (2000)... 

Many analytical applications of atomic spectroscopy produce their spectra by arc or spark excitation techniques and these methods form the basis for much of the present practice in the field. The historical development in this area is most difficult to document since almost from the start, after observations of the spectrum from the sun, the attempt was to utilize high-energy sources. This led immediately to arc and spark methods. The present-day applications of the arc or spark are improvements of the early work with attempts to better stabilize and control excitation conditions within the arc or spark in an effort to improve analytical data derived from the spectra. These techniques will be discussed in Chapter 5, which deals with accessory equipment for arc and spark spectrochemical analysis. 

The chapters in the book that deal with the methods of atomic spectroscopy discuss such things as the basic principles involved in the method, the instrumentation requirements, variations of instrumentation, advantages and disadvantages of the method, problems of interferences, detection limits, the collection and processing of the data, and possible applications. Since the book is intended to serve as a textbook, principles are stressed. Detailed methods of analysis for specific elements are not included. It is the hope of the author, however, that the presentation of basic information is sufficiently detailed so the students can develop their own methods of analysis as needed. 

This is a popular semiempirical method (often referred to as ZINDCVS or ZINDO) for calculation of electronic spectra of both organic molecules and TM species. 75,277,278320 INDO/S parametrization was carried out at the CIS level (see Section 2.38.4.2). The Slater-Condon integrals, which are used to evaluate the TERIs, were taken from atomic spectroscopy data. The calculated transition energies are chosen to match energies of absorption maxima, as opposed to absorption band origins. 

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