Primary aerosol

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-009421",
  "term": "Primary aerosol",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The aerosol generated directly by a nebulizer when a liquid sample is converted into droplets for introduction into a plasma or flame in atomic spectrometry. Its droplets span a wide size range, and only the finest pass through the spray chamber to form the secondary aerosol that reaches the plasma. With a conventional nebulizer and spray chamber, typically 1 to 5 percent of the sample reaches the plasma.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "nebulizer"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2021, 93, 647. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 729 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0203)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/primary-aerosol/"
}