title: Application of photon-counting in atomic-absorption spectrophotometry.
abstract: An analysis is given of the statistics of photon-counting as a means of making measurements in atomic-absorption spectrometry. It is concluded that the simple application of Poisson counting statistics may give an over-optimistic estimate of the error, since other sources of error, such as flame flicker and variable nebulization rate, may be more significant.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department Imperial College of Science and Technology London, S.W. 7 U.K.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Dagnall
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: West