The present invention provides a liquid
discharge micro-
plasma excitation source apparatus, which comprises a
discharge pool and a circuit portion, wherein the
discharge pool comprises an
anode pool and a
cathode pool, the
anode pool and the
cathode pool are connected through an inclined conduct
pipe, the
anode pool is provided with a gas discharge port, the side wall of the
cathode pool is provided with a protection gas inlet, a gas discharge port, a sample inlet and volume scales, the bottom portion is provided with a
wastewater outlet, and the circuit portion comprises a
direct current power supply and a
current limiting resistor. The present invention further provides a
plasma excitation method, which comprises that a solution containing a sample to be detected is introduced into a discharge pool, the discharge is achieved by reducing the distance between the cathode and the liquid level to produce the
plasma, the element to be detected in the solution is introduced into the
plasma zone and is excited, and the produced characteristic emission
spectral line is analyzed so as to carry out qualitative and quantitative analysis on the element to be detected. According to the present invention, during the running, the plasma is adopted as the cathode and the electrochemical reaction is conducted on the plasma-solution surface to generate the gaseous compound of the element to be detected, and the gaseous compound enters the
plasma zone and is excited so as to improve the plasma excitation efficiency and improve the sensitivity.