Abstract
The determination of tungsten in steels and alloys with the three-electrode direct current plasma (DCP) “spectrajet” was investigated. The relative intensities of 17 spectral lines of tungsten and several possible interfering lines of its concomitants are listed. WI 400.875 nm is normally best suited, because the background produced by iron and acid is low and easily compensated for by using a blank solution. The limit of detection c l in steels is 2 × 10 −3% W for 10 mg ml of sample. The line W I 407.436 nm is preferred in the presence of much titanium. For the purpose considered the DCP provides about the same power of detection as the more expensive inductively coupled plasma (ICP), but its observation zone is less well buffered against influences from the matrix.
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