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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Talanta. 2011 Jan 15;84(2):319–323. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.01.020

Table 1.

Operating conditions for Perkin Elmer Optima 3300 DV ICP-AES instrument

RF power (kW) 1.5
Nebulizer Cross-flow
Spray chamber Glass concentric
Plasma Ar (L min−1) 16
Auxiliary Ar (L min−1) 0.4
Nebulizer Ar (L min−1) 0.6
Sample uptake (mL min−1) 1.5
Delay time (s) 45
Scanning mode Continuous, axial
Integration time (s) Automatic (min. 0.5 – max. 5 s)
Readings/replicate 3
Wavelength (nm) Cr: 267.716; Cu: 324.754; Fe: 259.940;
Mn: 257.610; Ni: 231.604; Zn: 213.856