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Why can't carbon and nitrogen be detected in ICP-MS and ICP-OES techniques?
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Kasturi Khatun
Why can't carbon and nitrogen be detected in ICP-MS and ICP-OES techniques?
As an aside, the lack of carbon and nitrogen detection by ICP-OES does not propose practical problems because there are other methods to detect them. Combustion analysis is one such alternative.
As an aside, the lack of carbon and nitrogen detection by ICP-OES does not propose practical problems because there are other methods to detect them. Combustion analysis is one such alternative.
As you say, air is allowed to enter the plasma. Air consists primarily of $\ce{N2}$ and $\ce{O2}$, and would clearly interfere with any oxygen or nitrogen in the sample. The problem is not that ICP-MS or -OES cannot detect them, the problem is air.
As you say, air is allowed to enter the plasma. Air consists primarily of $\ce{N2}$ and $\ce{O2}$, and would clearly interfere with any oxygen or nitrogen in the sample. The problem is not that ICP-MS or -OES cannot detect them, the problem is air.
As an aside, the lack of carbon and nitrogen detection by ICP-OES does not propose practical problems because there are other methods to detect them. Combustion analysis is one such alternative.
As an aside, the lack of carbon and nitrogen detection by ICP-OES does not propose practical problems because there are other methods to detect them. Combustion analysis is one such alternative.
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As you say, air is allowed to enter the plasma. Air consists primarily of $\ce{N2}$ and $\ce{O2}$, and would clearly interfere with any oxygen or nitrogen in the sample. The problem is not that ICP-MS or -OES cannot detect them, the problem is air.
As you say, air is allowed to enter the plasma. Air consists primarily of $\ce{N2}$ and $\ce{O2}$, and would clearly interfere with any oxygen or nitrogen in the sample. The problem is not that ICP-MS or -OES cannot detect them, the problem is air.
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