Patent ID: 9516735
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H05H

Claim Text:
1. A torch comprising an outer tube configured to sustain an atomization source in the outer tube, the torch outer tube comprising an inlet end within a first section of the torch outer tube and an exit end within a second section of the torch outer tube, in which the torch is configured to desolvate sample at the first section of the torch outer tube and to sustain an atomization source within the second section of the torch outer tube, in which the first section and the second section of the torch outer tube are coupled to each other through at least one material, in which the first section of the torch outer tube comprises a non-refractory material, and in which the exit end of the outer tube comprises at least one lanthanide or actinide material, and in which the material coupling the first section and the second section is different than the non-refractory material of the first section and the at least one lanthanide or actinide material of the exit end of the outer tube.