Elemental Speciation and Coupled Techniques

Book Review of Handbook of Elemental Speciation Techniques and Methodology

These expectations are now fulfilled by the Handbook of Elemental Speciation. . . .The first volume brings together a collection of chapters covering comprehensively different aspects of procedures for speciation analysis at the different levels starting from sample collection and storage, through sample preparation approaches to render the species chromatographable, principles of separation te...

Elemental speciation by parallel elemental and molecular mass spectrometry and peak profile matching.

Trace elemental speciation in complex, real-world matrixes is a daunting task because of the low concentration of metals/metalloids and the correspondingly high molecular chemical noise. We constructed a liquid chromatography parallel elemental and molecular mass spectrometry (PEMMS) system and evaluated the use of peak elution profiles to identify trace molecular species containing specific he...

Carbon Distribution , Speciation , and Elemental Correlations within Soil 1

Determination of the elemental distribution and chemical speciation in highly heterogeneous cementitious materials using synchrotron-based micro-spectroscopic techniques

Synchrotron-based micro-X-ray fluorescence (XRF) combined with scanning electron microscopy-based energy dispersive micro-analysis (EDS) has been used to determine the elemental distribution of contaminants (e.g., Ni) and of chemical elements inherent to the cement matrix (e.g., Si, Ca, Al, S) in hardened cement paste. Detailed information on the cement microstructure was gained by using backsc...

Analytical Techniques for Elemental Analysis of Minerals