About Glow Discharge dot Com
Glow-Discharge.com
Glow discharge . com is part of the web site system around The Spectroscopy Net and was created by Dr Richard Payling in 1999.
Its purpose is to promote knowledge about spectroscopic methods
for chemical analysis and about spectroscopy in general.
It has been designed for both people looking for general information
and specialists in the field. The Spectroscopy Net therefore contains
an educational part with general information on spectroscopy and
spectro-chemical methods for analysis, and detailed information
of commonly used techniques as well as results of recent development.
We also try to provide information about recent and future events
such as training courses, meetings and conferences. Please feel
encouraged to keep us informed about such events.
Dr
Richard Payling, known to many as just "Dick" died
in a tragic mountaineering accident in february 2004.
The Glow-Discharge.com is now managed by Thomas Nelis,
from Atout & Progrès in Paris, France. He will try to
maintain this web site in the spirit of his friend Dick, open to
all people interested in the subject. Active participation and support
in this challenge by other colleagues and friends of Dick is more
then welcome. You are clearly invited to send your comments and
possibly scientific and educational contributions.
Atout & Progrès
Is a consultancy company, based in Paris, France. Atout & Progrès has two seperate activities: We are active in human resources and scientific counseling.
The HR activities include outplacement, coaching and training. One of our specialities is the preparing PhD students for the real world expecting them after obtaining their degree. For more information on our human resource activities, please check our French website : www.atout-progres.com
In our scientific acticities we specialise in spectro analytical techniques such as Glow Discharge Spectrometry (GDS) both OES and MS. We do have a particularily close collaboration with EMPA in Thun, CH.
We organise training courses and provide on-site advanced user training for GD-OES instruments. We are happy to give advice on OES or GDS just send us an e-mail, to Thomas Nelis
Dr Richard Payling
He has published widely in the areas of Surface Analysis
and Glow Discharge Spectrometry (GDS). His latest book with Thomas
Nelis, Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy: A Practical Guide,
Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, was published in 2004.
He was a Fellow of the Australian Institute of
Physics and was the Australian National Delegate and Convenor for GDMS
in the International Standards Organisation (ISO) Technical Committee
201 on Surface Analysis. He was a Consultant for Horiba Jobin Yvon, France,
and for EMPA, Switzerland. His specialist knowledge on glow discharges
and his wide industrial and scientifique background made his contribution
to both companies very important.
For 17 years he worked in Industrial R&D
for BHP Steel focusing on metal coatings. He is a co-inventor of a process
for coating steel coil with levitated molten metal.
He spent his time equally between Europe and
Australia, travelling the world promoting GDS. Many GD-users know him
as a patient teacher of this interesting technique. His other interests
included computing, reading, films, music and French history, in particular
Napoleon Bonaparte,.
Richard died in a tragic mountaineering accident
in february 2004 while he was climbing mountain St Anne in Tasmania.