Direct analysis of environmental and biological samples for total mercury with comparison of sequential atomic absorption and fluorescence measurements from a single combustion event

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-180

  Cizdziel, James V ^a   Tolbert, Candice ^a   Brown, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectroscopy; Atomic fluorescence spectroscopy; Blood; Combustion; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE DETECTION LIMITS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE; ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; COLD VAPOR; COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; CONCENTRATION OF; DETECTION LIMITS; DIRECT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FILTER PAPERS; FINGER NAIL; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; INSTRUMENT CONTROL; LOW LEVEL; LOW-LEVEL ANALYSIS; LOWER DETECTION LIMIT; MERCURY ANALYZERS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SOLID SAMPLES; TOTAL MERCURIES; TREE RINGS; WHOLE BLOOD;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; BLOOD; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COAL COMBUSTION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; METALS; SMOKE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 76549101926     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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