Pollution from heavy metals has increased in recent decades and has become an important
concern for environmental agencies. Arsenic, cadmium, copper, mercury and lead are …

Chemical vapor generation (CVG) using tetrahydroborate (III) remains the most popular and
successful derivatization procedure enabling gaseous sample introduction into analytical …

Digestibility, gelatinization, retrogradation and pasting properties of starch in various cereal,
tuber and legume flours were determined. Rapidly and slowly digestible starch and resistant …

The simple and rapid pre-concentration techniques viz. cloud point extraction (CPE) and
solid phase extraction (SPE) were applied for the determination of As3+ and total inorganic …

This paper presents an organized system for element-specific sample collection and
handling of human blood (whole blood, serum or plasma, packed cells or erythrocytes) and …

A separation/enrichment procedure has been developed for the determination of selenium
in garlic and onion samples by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET-AAS) as a …

This paper proposes the use of photochemical vapor generation with acetic acid as sample
introduction for the direct determination of ultra-trace mercury in white vinegars by atomic …

A computer-controlled system, included a sequential injection system and an
electrochemical detector, was developed for the determination of mercury (II) ion (Hg 2+) …

A new method was developed for the direct electrothermal atomic absorption determination
of mercury in drinking water and urine using double vaporization in a two-step atomizer with …

A quartz trap for on-line preconcentration of Cd species was designed. The cold vapour
generation technique was used for the generation of Cd species. The trap** medium was …