Hyphenated vapour generation atomic absorption spectrometric techniques

Abstract

1.  Aims and scope

2.  Modern flow techniques in VGAAS (FI-VGAAS and CF-VGAAS)

3.  On-line decompositions (FI-MWD-VGAAS, CF-MWD-VGAAS, FI-UV-VGAAS, etc.)

4.  On-line pre-reduction

5.  On-line preconcentration and separation (FI-VG-ETAAS, FI-ion-exchange-VGAAS, HG-CT-AAS, etc.)

5.1  VG-ETAAS

6.  Hyphenated techniques for speciation analysis (VG-CT/GC-AAS, HPLC-VGAAS, HPLC-UV-VGAAS, HPLC-MWD-VGAAS, etc.)

6.1  On-line speciation by non-chromatographic HGAAS techniques

6.2  Coupling with GC

6.3  Coupling with HPLC

6.3.1  Scope, sensitivity and LODs

6.3.2  Hardware complexity

6.3.3  Mercury speciation

6.3.4  Availability and validation

7  Conclusion

8  References