title: Developments in the application of gas chromatography with atomic emission (plus mass spectrometric) detection.
abstract: Capillary gas chromatography with atomic emission detection is a highly element-selective and sensitive detection technique for many non-metal as well as metallic elements. A 3-5 order of magnitude element/carbon selectivity, compound-independent calibration and the possibility to calculate (partial) molecular formulae are some of the attractive features of the technique. In the present review, the emphasis is on real-life applications for non-metals such as sulphur, phosphorus, nitrogen and the halogens, and on the potential of combined atomic emission/mass spectrometric detection.
authors.affiliation: Free University, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. leo.vanstee@tno.nl
authors.forename: L L P
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: van Stee
authors.forename: U A Th
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Brinkman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000379:methods*