Surface modulation in electrothermal atomizer for atomic absorption spectrometry

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-532

  Imai, Shoji ^a   Nakahara, Taketoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron nitride; Carbon matrix; Electrothermal atomization; Matrix modifier; Surface fractal dimension; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATOMIZATION; BORON COMPOUNDS; CARBON; GRAPHITE; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BORON NITRIDE; CARBON MATRIX; ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMIZATION; MATRIX MODIFIER; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; SURFACE FRACTAL DIMENSION;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 8344260689     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ASR-120037272     Document Type: Article

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