In the instrument's manual, a nebulizer temperature setting
between 30 °C and 35 °C is generally given as optimal; and when
organic solvents such as acetonitrile (boiling point b80 °C) are used
the optimal temperature has to be raised up to 40 °C. Both temperatures
were studied simultaneously in the range 35–55 °C for nebulization
and 45–65 °C for evaporation, maintaining the mandatory difference
of 10 °C between both values