Velmer A. Fassel

Infobox Scientist
name = Velmer A. Fassel

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birth_date = birth date|1919|4|26|df=y
birth_place = Frohna, MO
death_date = death date and age|1998|3|4|1919|4|26
death_place = San Diego, CA
residence = United States
nationality = United States
field = Chemist
work_institutions = Iowa State University
Ames Laboratory
alma_mater = Iowa State University
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doctoral_students =
known_for = ICP and ICP-MS
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Velmer A. Fassel (1919-1998) [cite journal |author=Allan Maccoll |title=Velmer A. Fassel Memorial Issue |journal=Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy|volume=56|issue=7|pages=1035 |year=2001 |doi=10.1016/S0584-8547(01)00257-9] [ cite journal|title=The Science of a Revolutionary Chemist and Spectroscopist Velmer A. Fassel|journal=Applied Spectroscopy|date=1998|first=Akbar |last=Montaser|coauthors=|volume=52|issue=|pages=406A-426A|id=|url=|format=|accessdate=] is an American chemist who developed the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) [ cite journal|title=Emission-spectrometric detection of the elements at the nanogram per milliliter level using induction-coupled plasma excitation|journal=Analytical Chemistry|date=1969|first=George W.|last=Dickinson|coauthors=Velmer A. Fassel|volume=41|issue=8|pages=1021-1024|id=|url=|format=|accessdate=|doi=10.1021/ac60277a028] and demonstrated its use as ion source for mass spectrometry. [ cite journal|title=Inductively coupled argon plasma as an ion source for mass spectrometric determination of trace elements|journal=Analytical Chemistry|date=1980|first=Robert S.|last=Houk|coauthors=Velmer A. Fassel, Gerald D. Flesch, Harry J. Svec, Alan L. Gray, Charles E. Taylor|volume=52|issue=14|pages=2283-2289|id=|url=|format=|accessdate=|doi=10.1021/ac50064a012]

Early life and education

* 1941 B.A. Southeast Missouri State College
* 1947 Ph.D. Iowa State University

Research interests

* Atomic spectroscopy

Awards

* 1971 Anachem Award

References

Anachem Award Recipients