Mechanistic study of the aluminum interference in the determination of arsenic by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 901-918

  Castro, M A ^a   Aller, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aluminum interference; Arsenic; Atomic absorption spectrometry; Electrothermal atomization; Platform atomization; Wall atomization

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; ATOMIZATION; CONDENSATION; VAPORIZATION;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0038823629     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(03)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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