Development of an analytical approach for determination of total arsenic and arsenic (III) in airborne particulate matter by slurry sampling and HG-FAAS

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-49

  Macedo, Samuel M ^a,b   dos Santos, Debora C ^a,b   de Jesus, Raildo M ^a,b,c   da Rocha, Gisele O ^a,b   Ferreira, Sérgio L C ^a,b   de Andrade, Jailson B ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b National Institute of Petroleum Geophysics   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atmospheric particulate matter; Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry; Slurry sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955558893     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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