Acid interferences in atomic spectrometry: Analyte signal effects and subsequent reduction

Spectrochimica acta, Part B: Atomic spectroscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 895-929

  Todolí, José Luis ^a   Mermet, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACIDS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACID INTERFERENCES; FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032682309     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(99)00041-5     Document Type: Article

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