“…3387 C, b.p. 4139 C), on the other hand, has been used in a number of similar applications, but in the majority of cases, it was introduced as tube or platform coating material [7,8] and to a lesser extent than tungsten compounds [9,10]. These compounds have been reported as chemical modi®ers for the graphite furnace atomization of a variety of elements, and specially for the most volatile ones like As [11,12], Se [13], Te [14], Tl [7], Sn [8,15].…”