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Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgements xi

1 1
Overview of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

1.1 Historical 1

1.1.1 Optical spectroscopy 1

1.1.2 Mass spectrometry 3

1.2 Basic Instrumentation 4

1.2.1 Optical spectroscopy 4

1.2.2 Mass spectrometry 4

1.3 Basic Theory 6

1.3.1 Atomic absorption 6

1.3.2 Atomic emission 6

1.3.3 Atomic fluorescence 7

1.3.4 Atomic mass spectrometry 7

1.4 Practice 8

1.4.1 Calibration and analysis 8

1.4.2 Sensitivity and limit of detection 10

1.5 Interferences and Errors 11

1.5.1 Interferences 11