BACKGROUND The aim of this paper was the validation of a new analytical method based on the high-resolution continuum source flame atomic absorption spectrometry for the fast-sequential determination of several hazardous/priority hazardous metals (Ag, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) in soil after microwave assisted digestion in aqua regia. Determinations were performed on the ContrAA 300 (Analyt...

Improved detection efficiency and microdroplet sample introduction in single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry allow for accurate sizing counting of nanoparticles suspension at the digit nm scale.

In regard to collisionless heating in inductively coupled discharges, two approaches have been widely adopted describe the energy transfer between electrons and radio frequency field. One approach is based on consistent kinetic theory, by which resulting field can be expressed as superposition of a series plane waves resonant interactions happen each wave, might dominate heating. Another single...