A homemade electrothermal vaporizationassisted pulsed corona discharge atmospheric pressure ionization source was developed for cou
pling with a timeofflight mass spectrometer for online detection of heavy metals in water samples. Experimental results show that vanadium, chromium, manganese, arsenic, including arsenic, chromium, which are great harmful to the environment, could be detected. The source has a simple structure, convenient operation, low energy consumption, and is easy to use, with a high sensitivity. The limit of detection can get to
10-13—10-12 g, and the method can be used online.