Method for monitoring and/or controlling the status of a plasma in a plasma spectrometer and spectrometer for implementing such a method

摘要

A method for monitoring and/or controlling the positioning and/or condition of a plasma in a plasma spectrometer, which comprises: acquiring image data of the plasma through a video-camera (7), and a) displaying on a display device (10) a plasma image from the aquired image data; and/or b) storing the image data in a computer unit (9). Application to inductively coupled high frequency plasma optical emission and mass spectrometers.