ICP-OES is a powerful, versatile, and advanced analytical technique with excellent detection
properties. Due to its extraordinary features, it has been widely employed for the analysis of …

The laboratory of CERVA is for several decades involved in the Belgian environmental
research. The activity was associated to national monitoring programs dealing with trace …

This new, self-contained volume covers in a critical, exhaustive, and in-depth manner the
progress in AAS determinations of 55 chemical elements in 42 individual chapters, with an …

Sample preparation is the critical step of any analytical protocol, and involves steps from
simple dilution to partial or total dissolution. The methods include dry or wet decomposition …

In the last years, there has been a revival of total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
(TXRF), which was firstly applied for analytical purposes in the late 80s. The aim of this work …

The analysis of solid materials by introducing solid test sampies directly into the graphite
furnace of an atomic absorption spectrometer must be regarded as a powerful analytical …

The determination of trace metals in solid samples has traditionally been performed by acid
digestion and subsequent measurement by a suitable instrumental technique. This …

The aim of this work is to review and compare the present possibilities of electrothermal
atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS), electrothermal vaporization-inductively coupled …

The literature about direct solid sampling (SS) and slurry sampling atomic absorption
spectrometry (AAS) over the past decade has been surveyed critically. It became apparent …

In this article, the advantages and the disadvantages of solid sampling-graphite-furnace-
based methods are critically examined, taking into account the latest research. A discussion …