title: Periodic trends in sensitivity and its dependence on the properties of pyrolytic and non-pyrolytic graphite in graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectrometry.
abstract: The sensitivities for metal determination by GFAAS in the peak-height and integration modes were examined with pyrolytic graphite (PG) and non-pyrolytic graphite (NPG) tubes for 34 elements. It was found that there are periodic trends of the mole sensitivity and the elements can be classified according to whether their sensitivity of determination is enhanced by use of (a) the PG tube (alkali, alkaline-earth and transition metals); (b) the NPG tube (semi-metals); about equally by both tubes (Mg, Zn, Cd, and Pb). The mole sensitivity pM for atomic-absorption spectrometry (AAS) was defined as pM = -log(m(h)/A(w)) where m(h) is the weight of an element corresponding to 1% absorption and A(w) is the atomic weight. It was found that the pM values for graphite furnace AAS have a periodic trend similar to that for flame AAS and atomic-fluorescence spectrometry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 730, Japan.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto