Direct determination of Hg in polymers by solid sampling-graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. A comparison of the performance of line source and continuum source instrumentation

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 520-529

  Resano, M ^a   Briceno J ^a   Belarra, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry; High resolution continuum source AAS; Mercury determination; Polymer analysis; Solid sampling

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HIGH-RESOLUTION CONTINUUM SOURCE AAS; MERCURY DETERMINATION; POLYMER ANALYSIS; SOLID SAMPLING;

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIZATION; ATOMS; BUTADIENE; CALIBRATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC COILS; FURNACES; GRAPHITE; INSTRUMENTS; JETS; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; STANDARDS; STYRENE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67651115663     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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