Discussion Category:  Atomic Absorption

Hollow cathode lamp

i have a problem about the hollow cathode lamp. it doesn't give the required gain. e.g. the gain of cupper lamp is 70, the instrument give me a value 2 or 3. i get a new lamp and the problem still formed

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Hello 

I had the same problem when the EAA did not calibrate the wavelength correctly. The solution was move the HCL in other position, I was using the Analyst 700 (Perkin Elmer). 

Which EAA are you working with?

 

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