Atomizer

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-000909

Any system that converts an analyte into atomic vapour, such as a flame, a graphite furnace, an inductively coupled plasma or a glow discharge. In atomic absorption spectrometry it provides the cloud of free atoms through which the measuring beam passes. It is distinct from a nebulizer, which only turns a liquid sample into an aerosol.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-CHM-000909
Field	Chemistry
Subject	Analytical Chemistry
References	Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 165 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)

Record as JSON

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  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
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