Initial plasma radiation zone

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-005862",
  "term": "Initial plasma radiation zone",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The region immediately above the load coil in an inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) where the sample aerosol is first introduced and begins to interact with the high-temperature plasma. This zone is characterized by intense continuum emission and is where the initial desolvation and atomization of the sample occur. It is typically not used for analytical measurements in ICP optical emission spectroscopy due to high background.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "inductively-coupled plasma",
    "inductively-coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2021, 93, 647. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 722 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0203)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/initial-plasma-radiation-zone/"
}