ON-LINE SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED SAMPLE INTRODUCTION IN ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY

Abstract

Automation has become increasingly common in most areas of human endeavour. In the field of analytical chemistry, particular attention has been paid to on-line systems which offer high sample throughput. Among other attributes, such systems also offer advantages in terms of ease of automation and coupling to a variety of analytical detection systems. This thesis describes a number of automated approaches that have been developed to form either complete systems, or units which may be incorporated into hyphenated techniques.