Patent ID: 6859272

Claim:
A system for generating and injecting an atomized sample into a spectrometer for analysis comprising: a source of liquid sample to be analyzed; a source of high pressure carrier gas; a nebulizer connected to said liquid sample source and said carrier gas source for generating an atomized sample by entraining said liquid sample in said carrier gas; a spray chamber for receiving said atomized sample from said nebulizer; and a desolvator for removing excess liquid solvent from said atomized sample, said desolvator including: a heater tube for heating said atomized sample, said heater tube having an inlet end positioned to receive said atomized sample from said spray chamber and an outlet end; and a condensing tube for receiving said atomized sample from said outlet end of said heater tube and cooling said sample to remove excess liquid solvent from said atomized sample, said condensing tube having a bottom inlet end positioned to receive said sample from said outlet end of said heater tube and a top outlet end for delivering said sample to an inlet of a spectrometer.