Determination of arsenic, mercury, selenium, thallium, tin and bismuth in environmental materials by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 871-882

  Velitchkova, N ^a   Pentcheva, E N ^a   Daskalova, N ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Detection limits; Environmental materials; ICP AES; Q concept; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MONOCHROMATORS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SPECTROMETRY; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPLEX MATRIX; DETECTION LIMITS; ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 2942519386     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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