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Figure 4.5
Schematic view of an ICP.
and 10000 K, which is the temperature of the surface of the Sun, though the analytically useful region
is in the tail-flame with a temperature between 5000 and 6000 K.
If we confine ourselves to a discussion of an argon ICP then we can say that it consists mainly of the
following species:
Ar neutral argon
Ar + ionized argon
Ar +* excited argon
Ar+ * excited, ionized argon
Ar m metastable argon
e - electron
