title: Determination of metals in airborne particulates by LEAFS and ICP-MS after sampling on reusable graphite filters.
abstract: Laser excited atomic fluorescence spectrometry combined with electrothermal atomization (ETA-LEAFS) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry combined with electrothermal evaporation (ETV-ICP-MS) were used to measure the concentrations of some metals in ambient air sampled at the outskirts of Berlin. Using graphite to collect airborne particulates the contents of lead, palladium, and thallium could be determined in the pg/m(3) range.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium für spektroskopische Methoden der Umweltanalytik (LSMU), Institut für Spektrochemie und angewandte Spektroskopie (ISAS), Geb. 11.1, Rudower Chaussee 5, D-12489, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tilch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lüdke
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoffmann