Inductivelycoupledplasma(ICP)isahighlyionizedgasgeneratedbyelectromagneticinduction.Itiswidelyusedinanalyticalchemistry,particularlyintechniqueslikeICP-AES(atomicemissionspectroscopy)andICP-MS(massspectrometry).Theplasmareachestemperaturesbetween6,000to10,000K,enablingefficientatomizationandexcitationofsamples.ICPoffersexcellentsensitivity,precision,andtheabilitytoanalyzemultipleelementssimultaneously.Itsapplicationsincludeenvironmentalmonitoring,pharmaceuticalanalysis,andmaterialsscience.Thetechniquerequiresspecializedequipment,includingaradiofrequencygenerator,plasmatorch,andsampleintroductionsystem.ICPisvaluedforitslowdetectionlimitsandbroadelementalcoverage.
