title: Determination of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium and neodymium in alloy steels by inductively coupled plasma atomic-emission spectrometry.
abstract: Inductively coupled plasma spectrometry has been applied to the determination of La, Ce, Pr and Nd in alloy steels. Spectral interference by other alloying elements as well as by the lanthanides themselves was studied. The influence of other lanthanides on the Pr and Nd lines could be dealt with by correction equations. It was found that within the range of concentrations corresponding to mild alloy steel, at least one of the lines selected for determining the lanthanides was free from interferences. The detection limits for La, Ce, Pr and Nd in steel were 5 x 10(-5), 1.5 x 10(-4), 1 x 10(-4) and 2.4 x 10(-4)% respectively. The procedure was tested on standard samples and by the standard-addition method.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Analytical and General Chemistry, Silesian Technical University, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Grossman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ciba
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jurczyk
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Spiewok