Flame photometry of phosphorus vaporized from a silica-treated graphite furnace

The passage of a decade frequently becomes a time to take stock of a field of endeavor. As flame based analytical techniques move from the 70's to the 80's, major changes and developments are occurring in the field. From the point of view of the published literature of the last two years the flame has diminished somewhat in importance as a system for generating, studying, and utilizing atomic vapor. Over the last two decades steady growth has occurred in the so-called "nonflame" methods of atomization and the literature of the field is now clearly dominated by electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry and related techniques. Along with this trend, as predicted in the last review (12A) plasma systems in general and, in particular, the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) are currently undergoing exceptional growth in analytical utilization. The general area of plasmas is covered by P. N. Keliher in his review on "Emission Spectroscopy" in this issue. ICP systems are now beginning to compete head-on with atomic absorption spectrometry as emphasized and illustrated in Boumans et al. (5A). In addition over the last couple of years traditional manufacturers of atomic absorption instrumentation have developed and are beginning to market inductively coupled plasma systems (9A, 22A). As a final comment in this area I would like to quote, in part, from the recent editorial of Sabina Slavin in the last Atomic Absorption Newsletter of the decade (18A): "To provide our readers with a more comprehensive picture of atomic spectroscopy today, we will now accept papers submitted in the related fields of atomic fluorescence and atomic emission, particularly plasma emission, as well as atomic absorption. To reflect this expanded coverage more accurately the journal will become Atomic Spectroscopy as of January 1980." Despite the above comments, considerable activity continues in flame research and related areas. The flame remains and will continue to be one of the simplest, most effective, and inexpensive systems available for the generation and utilization of atomic vapor for analytical purposes. As will be seen in this review considerable work at both fundamental and practical levels is being carried out. The topics covered in this review are grouped into 12 major areas:Books, Reviews, and Bibliographies; Fundamental Studies in Flames; Developments in Instrumentation, Mea-

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Flame photometry of phosphorus vaporized from a silica-treated graphite furnace

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A comparative study of the determination of phosphorus by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry and solution spectrophotometry

A comparative study of the determination of phosphorus by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry and solution spectrophotometry

Application of graphite tubes modified with high-melting carbides in electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. I. General approach

Flame emission, atomic absorption, and fluorescence spectrometry

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