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Interactive TrainingTM  Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry

This recently upgraded and expanded training package, written by an experienced practical plasma spectroscopist, contains a wealth of information about all aspects of ICP.  It gives comprehensive descriptions, with animated, interactive demonstrations, of the principles, instrumentation and practical applications of ICP-OES, with self-test multiple choice questions on each module.

The five modules included are as follows:

1. Atomic Theory
a) Introduction to spectroscopy ( electromagnetic radiation, atomic energy levels, electron configuration, term diagrams, line and band spectra).
b) Line intensity (Boltzmann and Saha distributions, temperature effects).
c) Line shapes (the Uncertainty principle, Doppler and pressure broadening).

2. ICP Instrumentation
a) Schematic diagram
b) Nature of the plasma, (plasma formation, properties, operating parameters, excitation mechanisms).
c) Plasma torches, (Fassel, Greenfield, demountable).
d) RF Generators
e) Sample Introduction: Liquid, Solid, Gaseous.
f) Wavelength selection.

3. Analysis using ICP spectrometry
a) ICP operation (spectral line selection, line prominence, line usefulness, operating conditions).
b) Background correction, (background continuum, line wings, stray light, solvent background, inorganic constituents, off- and on-peak subtraction, wavelength modulation).
c) Sample preparation, (ashing, fusion, solubilization).
d) Example applications, (water, geological, biological, metals, organic).

4. ICP-Mass Spectrometry
a) Introduction
b) Instrumentation, (ICP-MS interface, mass spectrometry detector).
c) Interferences, (isobaric, matrix effects, isotope dilution).

5. Questions & Answers
a) Users are tested on their knowledge of the material in the package using multiple choice questions.

Interactive ICP is one of a range of training packages for analytical chemistry: also available are Interactive AAS, HPLC, GC, Adv.GC, & MS. They are suitable for both college students and laboratory staff, giving sufficient emphasis to both theory and practice. Network versions are available.

There is now a wealth of research demonstrating the advantages of computer-based training as compared to traditional methods: increased understanding and retention, shorter training time, constant availability, flexibility of use and considerable cost savings. Training is no longer dependent upon having access to instruments, and can be tailored to individual requirements.

Trainees can watch the animation demonstrating the working of the instrument; adjust parameters to see their effect; pursue their own lines of enquiry; and return to areas of uncertainty. The software has a free flow, open-ended structure which enables the user to browse freely through its pages, or to follow the programmed order. Thus a useful session may last 10 minutes or several hours.
Requires Windows 3.1, 95, 98 or NT

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