Table of Contents

1 The Historical Development of Atomic Absorption1

2 Physical Principles 63

3 Spectrometers 103

4 Atomizers and Atomizer Units 149

5 The Individual Steps of an Analytical Method 221

6 Mechanization and Automation 297

7 Speciation Analysis 323

8 The Techniques of Atom Absorption Spectrometry 335

9 The Individual Elements 477

10 Applications of AAS

Biography 771

Index 907

About the Author

Bernhard Welz is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil, where he teaches instrumental analytical chemistry and atomic spectroscopy. Previously he worked with Perkin-Elmer for 32 years in various positions, the last 16 years as Director of Applied Research Atomic Spectrometry.