Spectrochemical Trace Analysis for Metals and Metalloids

The overview of current spectrochemical techniques used in elemental trace analysis should enable an analyst, facing the task of analyzing a sample type that he or she has never analyzed before, to reach a decision which instrumental technique to choose and how to handle the sample starting from sampling and decomposition, through separation and preconcentration, until the final determination step. The book is composed of three parts: general principles and characteristics of analytical methodologies (Part I), practical issues of sample treatment and multielement analysis (Part II) and determination of individual elements (Part III). The book contains about 5000 carefully selected references, in general not older than 1985. Strong preference is given to full papers in peer-reviewed English-language journals, but for elements which are pertinent in geochemistry, environmental or biomedical fields a number of references from specialized field-related journals are given.