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A flow-injection analysis atomic absorption spectrometric (FIA-AAS) method was developed for the determination of trace amounts of arsenic, selenium and mercury in a proposed estuarine sediment standard reference material (SRM 1646a). The samples were prepared in two manners: a) A wet digestion procedure with HNO3, H2SO4, and HClO4 using a reflux column and b) A microwave-oven digestion procedure utilizing HNO3, H2SO4, and HCl for As and Se, and HNO3 for Hg. Microwave-oven digestion provides results comparable to those found by reflux column digestion and reduces the sample preparation time by a factor of 10. The proposed method employing the microwave-oven digestion procedure coupled with FIA-AAS for As and Se, and FIA-CVAAS for Hg, has detection limits of 0.15 ng As/ml, O.17 ng Se/ml and 0.15 ng Hg/ml.
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Saraswati, R., Vetter, T.W. & Watters, R.L. Determination of arsenic, selenium and mercury in an estuarine sediment standard reference material using flow injection and atomic absorption spectrometry. Mikrochim Acta 118, 163–175 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01244356
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