Determination of mercury and selenium in herbal medicines and hair by using a nanometer TiO2-coated quartz tube atomizer and hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 609-613

  Li, Shun Xing ^a   Zheng, Feng Ying ^a   Cai, Shu Jie ^a   Cai, Tian Shou ^a  

^a MINNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry; Mercury; Nanometer TiO2; Nanometer TiO2 coated quartz tube atomizer; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; CALIBRATION CURVES; HERBAL MEDICINES; HYDRIDE GENERATION ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; INNER WALLS; LINEAR RANGE; MERCURY; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; NANOMETER TIO; NANOMETER TIO2; NANOMETER TIO2-COATED QUARTZ TUBE ATOMIZER; QUARTZ TUBE ATOMIZERS; QUARTZ TUBES; TIO;

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMS; MEDICINE; MERCURY (METAL); PLANT EXTRACTS; QUARTZ; SELENIUM; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

MERCURY; SELENIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIR; MEDICINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUARTZ; SELENIUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAIR; HERBAL MEDICINE; MERCURY; MINIATURIZATION; QUARTZ; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TITANIUM;

EID: 79953785165     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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