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             2                                                                                 17
             Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry


                2.1 Theory                                                                     17

                2.2 Instrumentation                                                            20


                    2.2.1 Sources                                                              20


                    2.2.2 Flames                                                               23


                    2.2.3 Sample introduction and sample atomization                           29


                    2.2.4 Burner design                                                        33

                    2.2.5 Spectrometers                                                        34


                2.3 Sensitivity and Limit of Detection                                         43


                2.4 Interferences and Errors                                                   43


                    2.4.1 Spectral interferences                                               46


                    2.4.2 Ionization interferences                                             46


                    2.4.3 Chemical interferences                                               47

                    2.4.4 Applications                                                         50


             3                                                                                 51
             Electrothermal Atomization


                3.1 Historical Development                                                     51

                3.2 Heated Graphite Atomizers                                                  54


                3.3 Other Atomizers                                                            57


                3.4 Atomization Mechanisms                                                     58


                    3.4.1 Thermodynamic considerations                                         58


                    3.4.2 Kinetic considerations                                               59
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