DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Harry B. Fannin

 

B.S.-Murray State University
Ph.D.-University of Cincinnati

Professor
Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Office:  317 Blackburn
Phone:  270-809-4490
E-mail:  harry.fannin@murraystate.edu

HOMEPAGE

 

Dr. Fannin's primary research interests involve the elucidation of processes which govern inductively coupled plasmas. He is currently developing a single temperature model to describe excited atomic and ionic state distributions in reduced and atmospheric pressure mixed gas ICPs utilizing Fermi-Dirac statistical methods. Additionally, he is evaluating the use of mixed gas plasmas for specialized analytical analyses.

 

Selected Publications

"A Low-Power, Reduced-Pressure Inductively Coupled Helium Plasma Source for Atomic Emission and Absorption", Applied Spectroscopy, 62, 1038, 2008 with R.J. Spears, P.A. Miller.

"Positive and Negative Temperatures in a Two-Level System:  Thermodynamic and Statistical Mechanical Perspectives", Journal of Chemical Education, 82, 867, 2005 with M.B. Masthay.

J.W. Waggoner, L.S. Milstein, M. Belkin, K.L. Sutton, J.A. Caruso, and H.B. Fannin, "Application of a Novel Low Power/Reduced Pressure Helium ICP Ionization Source for Mass Spectrometric Detection of Organobromine Compounds and Derivatized Organotin Compounds", J. of Anal. Atomic Spectrom., 2000, 13.

L. J. Jerrell, M.R. Dunn, J.E. Anderson, and H.B. Fannin, "A Low Power Inductively Coupled Plasma Source for Element Selective Atomic Emission Detection in Gas Chromatography" Appl. Spectrosc. 1999, 53,  245-248.

J.W. Waggoner, M. Belkin, K.L. Sutton, J.A. Caruso, and H.B. Fannin, “Novel Low Power/ Reduced Pressure Inductively Coupled Plasma Ionization Source for Mass Spectrometric Detection of Organotin Species”, J. of Anal. Atomic Spectrom., 1998, 13, 879. 

Johnston, T. C.; Perry, R. S.; Fick, L. J.; Fannin, H. B. "An examination of Relative Trends of Atomic Detection Limits in the ICP," Spectrochemica Acta 1997, 52B, 125. 

Fannin, H. B.; Walker, A. L.; Bielski, B. A. "The Electronic Chemical Potential of Selected Elements," Spectrochimica Acta 1994, 49B (8), 769. 

Fannin, H. B.; Walker, A. L.; Curry, D. L. "Comparison of Methodologies for the Determination of Excitation Temperature of Plasma Support Gases," Appl. Spectrosc. 1994, 48 (9), 333. 

Fannin, H. B.; Turner, D. E. "A Simplex Optimization Program for the Determination of Temperatures in Reduced Pressure ICPs," Appl. Spectrosc. 1992, 46 (12), 1929. 

Fannin, H. B.; Morgan, S. C., Jr. "A Data Acquisition and Computer Control Program for the Digikrom 480 Monochromator," Appl. Spectrosc. 1992, 46 (3), 536. 

Fannin, H. B.; Curry, D. L. "A Quantum-Statistical Method for the Determination of Vertical Temperature Profiles in the ICP," Appl. Spectrosc. 1991, 45 (2), 294. 

Fannin, H. B. "Quantum-Statistical Modeling of Mixed Inert Gas ICPs," Appl. Spectrosc., 1990, 44, 1143. 

Workman, J. M. Fannin, H. B.;Brown, P. G.; Caruso, J. A. "A Comparative Study of Electron Density Determination Methodologies in the Helium Microwave-Induced Plasma," Appl. Spectrosc. 1989, 43, 621-6. 

Fannin, H. B.; Hurly, J. J.; Meeks, F. R. "Quantum-Statistical Modeling of ICPs: HeI," Appl. Spectrosc. 1988, 42, 1181. 

Workman, J. M .; Fleitz, P. A.; Fannin, H. B.; Caruso, J.A.; Seliskar, C. J. "A Comparative Study of Rotational Temperature in a Microwave Plasma: OH Radical vs. N2+," Appl. Spectrosc. 1988, 42, 96. 

Fleitz, P. A.; Seliskar, C. J.; Fannin, H. B. "Laser Optogalvanic Study of a Helium Hollow Cathode Discharge," Appl. Spectrosc. 1987, 41, 1405.

 

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