Concepts,Instrumentation

Concepts, Instrumentation and Techniques in

Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission
Spectrometry
and Techniques in Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission
Charles B. Boss and Kenneth J. Fredeen

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 Concepts, Instrumentation
and Techniques in Inductively
Coupled Plasma Optical
Emission Spectrometry

Charles B. Boss and Kenneth J. Fredeen

Third Edition

©2004 PerkinElmer, Inc.

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 ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Charles B. Boss is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at North Carolina
State University. He graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.S.
degree in chemistry in 1968. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he entered
Indiana University, where he received a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1977 under the
direction of Prof. Gary Hieftje. At N.C. State, Dr. Boss has worked on the
development and characterization of several types of flame and plasma
sources for atomic spectroscopy. His present research interests also include
the use of computer automation and chemometrics for enhancement of
analytical techniques.

Kenneth J. Fredeen was the Director of Environmental & Applied Inorganic

Systems at The Perkin-Elmer Corporation until 1999. He presently is the
principal in his company: NeuTech Consulting. He graduated summa cum
laude from Thiel College with a B.A. degree in chemistry in 1980, and from
Texas A&M University with a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1985. While at Texas A&M,
his graduate studies centered on the use of laser-excited atomic fluorescence
spectroscopy for characterization of flames and plasmas used in analytical
atomic spectrometry. Dr. Fredeen joined Perkin-Elmer in 1985 and was
involved in the development of software, instrumentation and applications for
the ICP-OES and ICP-MS product lines.

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