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Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry Simplifies Heavy‐Metals Analysis
Author(s) -
Willey Benjamin F.,
Duke Carlton M.,
Wojcieszak Ann L.,
Thomas Cherryl T.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1972.tb02697.x
Subject(s) - atomic absorption spectroscopy , heavy metals , absorption (acoustics) , spectrophotometry , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , process engineering , materials science , environmental chemistry , engineering , physics , chromatography , composite material , quantum mechanics
Personnel of the Water Purification Lab. of Chicago conclude that the use of atomic absorption is superior to that of wet chemistry for the analysis of heavy metals. The authors present the basic operating principles, procedures for adjusting the instrument settings, and precautions concerning operation—if problems are to be avoided.