Nebulisers, spray chambers and desolvation systems - overview

1 NEBULISERS, SPRAY CHAMBERS AND DESOLVATION SYSTEMS - OVERVIEW 

1 Standard liquid sample introduction system - Main drawbacks 

One of the most common way s of performing direct liquid sample analysis with ICP-MS involves the generation of an aerosol followed by further filtering of the coarsest droplets, thus preventing them from being introduced into the plasma. Due to the characteristics and requirements of the ICP-MS spectrometer, the design and efficiency of the sample introduction system is a key point that imposes the quality of the analytical results. Several comprehensive books have appeared that deal with this subject. In the following section, attention has been paid to the recent advances in this field. 

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Handbook Edited by Simon M. Nelms 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-405-10916-1 

These drawbacks have driven research into and development of new nebuliser/spray chamber systems, as described in the following section. 

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