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physics
Category: Science > Physics Asked by: abbey2-ga List Price: $15.00 |
Posted:
20 Nov 2002 10:39 PST
Expires: 20 Dec 2002 10:39 PST Question ID: 111377 |
Can Ag be read as Pb in spectroanalysis? ie. are there overlapping spectra lines? |
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Re: physics
From: haversian-ga on 20 Nov 2002 10:56 PST |
I'm unfamiliar with the physics involved, but it looks like the NIST has the data you want here. Since I am not doing any analysis, I am posting this as a comment rather than answer. Silver: http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/Elements/elInfo.pl?element=47&context=noframes Lead: http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/Elements/elInfo.pl?element=82&context=noframes Click on "lines" to get atomic spectrum information. |
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Re: physics
From: unstable-ga on 21 Nov 2002 02:21 PST |
silver (Ag) has an atomic mass of 107.868 and lead (Pb) has an atomic mass of 207.2 so if you are using a plain Mass Spectrography technique you would not confuse the 2 as they would appear as different lines. granted that there might be some isotopes of silver (atomic number 47) and lead (Atomic number 82)that exists in nature, but isotopes differ in atomic mass by very minimal units i.e. the most by 1 or 2, so you should not see any over-lapping lines between lead and silver. |
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Re: physics
From: discgopher1-ga on 12 Dec 2002 13:12 PST |
Nope. No interference between Pb and Ag lines. The common spectral lines are as follows (optical wavelengths given in nanometers): Pb: 220.3 280.2, 283.3, 386.3, 405.8 Ag: 328.1, 338.3, 529.9, 546.6 These different wavelengths correspond to different frequencies, colors and energies of light and are easily distinguished from eachother. In simpler terms, since none of the above numbers characteristic of Pb are the same for Ag, there is no interference. Ref: http://www.lesker.com/cfdocs/newweb/framesets/Frameset_Instrumentation.cfm?Navigation=/cfdocs/newweb/Process_Instruments/OES_Endpoint/Spectral_lines_Species.cfm There do exist intereferences between other optical spectra though. For instance the 220.3 nm line inPb can interfere with Co, Cu, Na, Ni, Fe, Sn, and Zn. Also, the 338.2 nm line in Ag can interfere with As. Ref: http://www.glow-discharge.com/spectral_interferences.htm hope this helps. I can't submit an answer since google is full of answerers. |
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