Determination of impurities in titanium nitride by slurry introduction axial viewed inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry.pdfVIP

Spectrochimica Acta Part B 60 (2005) 361– 367 /locate/sab Determination of impurities in titanium nitride by slurry introduction axial viewed inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometryB a,b c b a b,T Zheng Wang , Zheming Ni , Deren Qiu , Guangyi Tao , Pengyuan Yang aShanghai Institute of Ceramics, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China bDepartment of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China cResearch Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China Received 26 August 2004; accepted 9 November 2004 Abstract A method of slurry nebulization for inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) applied to the analysis of titanium niride(TiN) was reported. The TiN slurry sample was prepared with adding dispersant polyacrylate amine or polyethylene imine for the stabilization and homogenization of suspension, and the amount of additives was optimized. A Babington type cross-flow nebulizer with V-groove was used for nebulization of the slurry for avoidance of blockage from the particles. The stability of slurry was characterized via zeta potential measurement, scanning electron microscope observation, particle size distrbution measurement and signal stability testing. For nm size TiN, calibration curves could be established by aqueous standards and the analytical results were in good accordance with the alkaline fusion method