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SW-846 Test Method 6010D: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)

The following document details the method used to describe multielemental determinations by ICP-OES using sequential or simultaneous optical systems and axial or radial viewing of the plasma.

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Method 6010D: Inductively Coupled Plasma (PDF)(35 pp, 957 K, July 2018)