Limit of quantitation in atomic spectrometry: An unambiguous concept?

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-182

  Mermet, Jean Michel ^a  

^a Spectroscopy Forever ^*  (France)

Author keywords

ICP AES; ICP MS; LIBS; Limit of quantification; Limit of quantitation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; GRAPH THEORY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION;

SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 44649105368     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.11.029     Document Type: Article

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