The first application of atomic absorption spectra to chemical analysis was made as long ago as 1860 by Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-87), who demonstrated the presence of various elements in the solar atmosphere. Together with Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (181199), he showed shortly afterwards that atomic spectra, whether in emission or absorption, could be the basis of a powerful method of chemical ...

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objective: the lithium concentration in the plasma is assumed to give someindication as to the concentration of this ion in different organ cells especially incentral nervous system. while the practical value of intracellular lithium measurement is controversial however, erythrocytes have proved to be useful for studying lithium concentration and its transport across the membrane. there are som...

Zinc is determined in neutrophils and lymphocytes (isolated from whole blood on discontinuous gradients of Ficoll-Hypaque) and in microliter quantities of plasma and erythrocytes by flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry with greater sensitivity than with conventional flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Before analysis, neutrophils and lymphocytes are digested with nitric acid and...

We describe an integrated automated system for the atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The system makes use of a light-dependent resistor to detect the presence of a marker ion which is present along with the sample ion in the flame. An electronic circuit has been developed which enables the marker ion to trigger the read signal of the spectrophotometer. The system has been tested by determini...

A flameless atomic-absorption system has been developed for the determination of low concentrations of mercury in gaseous, solid and liquid samples of organic and inorganic materials.

Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) was applied to the determination of serum calcium. A special diluent was developed to abolish the effect of absorption depressors. This made possible measurement of calcium in directly diluted serum samples without prior removal of any serum constituents. Values obtained by AAS on calcium oxalate precipitates from serum were identical with those found b...