ATOMIC

EMISSION
SPECTROSCOPY

A Brief Introduction
Emission Spectrum:
Itis the spectrum offrequenciesofEM
radiationemitted due to a particle making
atransitionfrom a high energy state to a
lower energy state.
The collection of all the possible different
transitions, leading to different radiated
wavelengths, make up an emission spectrum.
Each element's emission spectrum is unique.

Emission Spectrum of Hydrogen

Emission Spectrum of Iron

Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy
Itis atechnique which examines the wavelengths
ofphotonsemitted by particles during their
transition from anexcited stateto a lower energy
state with the help of a spectroscope.
A spectroscope or a spectrometer is an instrument
which is used for separating the components of
light, which have different wavelengths.
There are various emission spectrometry
techniques. All are based on the same principle but
in each technique different method is used to
excite the particles.

Flame emission spectroscopy

A sample of a material is brought into the
flame. The thermal energy excites the atoms
to higher energy states that subsequently
emit light when they return to the ground
state. Each element emits light at a
characteristic wavelength, which is detected
in the spectrometer.
A frequent application of the emission
measurement with the flame is the regulation
of alkali metals for pharmaceutical analytics.

Flame Emission Spectroscopy

Spark or Arc atomic emission spectroscopy

A sample of the solid is ground up. An

electric arc or spark is passed through the
sample, heating it to a high temperature to
excite the atoms within it.
The excited atoms emit light at
characteristic wavelengths that is detected
by the spectrometer.
It is widely used for production quality
control in foundries and steel mills.

A simple arc emission spectroscopy

experiment

Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission

spectroscopy

It uses aninductively coupled plasma to

produce excited atoms and ions.
Aninductively coupled plasmais a type
ofplasmasource in which theenergy is
supplied byelectric currentswhich are
produced byelectromagnetic induction.
The measured emission intensities are then
compared to the intensities of standards of
known concentration to obtain the elemental
concentrations in the unknown sample.

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Here a highly energeticlaserpulse is used
as the excitation source.

Applications

Many industries require a variety of elemental

determinations on a diverse array of samples.
Key markets include:
Environmental
Food
Pharmaceutical
Chemical/Industrial
Geochemical/Mining
Agriculture
Nuclear Energy

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Vidur Gopalka 12BCH016
Ajitpal Singh 12BCH035