Thermospray generation directly into a flame furnace--an alternative to improve the detection power in atomic absorption spectrometry.
Recent developments and applications in the production of thermosprays directly into flame furnaces to improve the analytical sensitivity in atomic absorption spectrometry are reviewed in this manuscript. Principles, characteristics, instrumentation, and applications of this analytical technique for trace elements determination in several matrices are discussed. The use of preconcentration procedures to allow low detection limits for ultra-trace levels using TS-FF-AAS is presented and current perspectives and future trends of this technique are also discussed.
Bezerra
Marcos Almeida
MA
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia-UESB, Departamento de Química e Exatas, Bahia, Brazil. mbezerra47@yahoo.com.br
Lemos
Valfredo Azevedo
VA
Garcia
Jerusa Simone
JS
da Silva
Douglas Gonçalves
DG
Araújo
André Souza
AS
Arruda
Marco Aurélio Zezzi
MA
D006358:Hot Temperature; D057230:Limit of Detection; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis*
D014131:Trace Elements