We compared a stabilized-temperature L'vov platform furnace containing an end-heated graphite atomizer (HGA) and transverse Zeeman background-correction system with a side-heated furnace system (transversely heated graphite atomizer; THGA) containing a longitudinal Zeeman background-correction system for the determination of aluminum in plasma and urine. The regression statistics for the correl...

In order to discuss the atomization process of an analyte element occurring in a graphite furnace for atomic absorption spectrometry, we measured variations in the characteristic temperature with the progress of an atomization stage, by using a two-line method under the assumption of a Boltzmann distribution. For this purpose, iron was chosen as the analyte element. Also, the atomic absorption ...

A flow injection (FI) system was used to develop an efficient on-line sorbent extraction preconcentration system for palladium by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS). The investigated metal was preconcentrated on a microcolumn packed with 1,5-bis(di-2-pyridyl)methylene thiocarbohydrazide immobilized on silica gel (DPTH-gel). The palladium is eluted with 40mul of HCl 4M and d...

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This paper presents a new application of a fractional order control system which controls the input energy to a three phase electric arc furnace. Graphite electrodes are used to convert electrical energy into heat via phase electric arcs. Constant arc length is desirable as it implies steady energy transfer from the graphite electrodes to the metallic charge in the furnace bath. With the charge...

Atomic spectrometry and electrochemistry are usually recognized as independent analytical tools used for different purposes. Here, a brief review is given of the advantages of using electrochemistry in the various fields of atomic spectrometry techniques. In the first part, the application of electrochemical preconcentration before the atomic spectrometry will be addressed and exemplified. Elec...

Two atomic absorption techniques, acid digestion followed by conventional flame analysis and directanalysisof solidsamples with the graphite furnace, were compared forthe determination of copper in fingernails. Nail samples, from 11 persons, containing between 5 and 50 1zg/gof copper, were analyzed by both methods. There was good correlationbetween resultsofthe two.The furnace requires less sam...

Graphite furnace techniques are characterized by excellent analytical sensitivity. They are methods of choice for the determination of trace elements in various environmental, biological, and clinical samples. However, they can be plagued by chemical and background interferences which complicate methods development and sample analysis. Using the graphite platform technique, these interferences ...

This work has studied the possibility of purifying termite hill clay hydrometallurgically and subsequently adapting it for furnace lining by the addition of graphite and rice husk granules. A large quantity of termite hill clay was mined from a location on the campus of The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria. The slurry obtained from the clay after washing in water was sund...

Since its inception as an analytical technique some 30 years ago atomic absorption spectrometry has become a firmly established method for the analysis of trace metals. Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry provides the analyst with the capability of analysis of solutions containing mug l(-1) levels of the analyte, but, because of the transient nature of the signals, a sophisticated a...