Analytical Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry: A Laboratory Guide (Biomethods) - Hardcover

Schlemmer, Gerhard; Radziuk, Bernhard; Schiemmer, Gerhard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3764357703 ISBN 13: 9783764357702

Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG, 1999

Synopsis

"One should rather go horne and mesh a net than jump into the pond and dive far fishes" (Chinese proverb) Recognizing the precise analytical question and planning the analysis according- ly is certainly the first prerequisite for successful trace and ultratrace determina- tions. The second prerequisite is to select the method appropriate to the analyti- cal specification. The method itself consists of a set of available tools. The third prerequisite is that analysts and operators know the methods weH enough to enjoy challenging themselves as weH as the methods and are rewarded by the joy of high-quality data, fast and economical results and the conviction of having the analytical job under control. This skill is known among analysts or operators working with an exciting new and sometimes complicated analytical technique but is gradually lost on ce a technique becomes "mature" and a routine tool. Unfortunately, laboratory managers often do not allow sufficient training time for their analysts and technicians for "routine" techniques and thus miss an opportunity for motivating their co-workers and obtaining the full benefit of the equipment. Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) is one of the mature analytical techniques wh ich is seen as a routine method in most laboratories. More than 10,000 furnaces are operated in elemental trace and ultratrace analy- ses in laboratories around the world today.

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Synopsis

Graphite furnace AAS is one of the most widely used techniques for elemental ultratrace determinations, but other than 20 years ago it is a method for routine applications and no longer for research purposes. This laboratory guide is aimed at the technician who has to provide reliable, accurate and well-documented data in an environment of increased pressure on fast and cost-saving analysis. It features critical questions and dialogues that guide the reader from sample pretreatment via calibration and validation of the instrument, to the accessories and software packages of modern graphite furnace AAS. Analyses from environmental and biological fields are also discussed, using the latest instrumentation - simultaneous GFAAS, and accessories.

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764357703
• ISBN 13: 9783764357702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 286