Thermal dispersion

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011940",
  "term": "Thermal dispersion",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Any high-temperature route in atomic spectrometry for turning a sample into an aerosol, including electric sparks and arcs, furnaces, laser ablation, sputtering from a cathode and electron-beam heating. The sample is vaporized or eroded and the products condense into fine particles that a gas stream carries to the atomizer or plasma. It contrasts with nebulization, which makes an aerosol from a liquid sample by mechanical dispersion.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2021, 93, 647. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 735 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0203)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/thermal-dispersion/"
}