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Sixteen elements (Mn, Zn, Cu, Fe, B, Sr, Ba, Cr, Pb, As, Cd, Ni, Co, Se, Sb, Hg) were determined in oils, sediments, plants and marine organisms by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) or by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (GF-AAS) after plasma ashing followed by microwave acid digestion with HNO3/HCl/H2O2. Soil and sediment samples were treated directly in the microwave oven without ashing, but the complete procedure must be applied in case of high organic content. The method was tested on a variety of standard reference materials. Good recoveries were obtained for most of the considered trace elements with less time and reagents consumption than conventional open vessels acid digestion procedures. Hg was determined with good recovery in soil samples by the same method and in organic materials by a modified procedure involving digestion of fresh material with nitric acid in a reflux quartz system.
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Achilli, M., Barban, R., Zucchi, B. et al. Elemental analysis of solid samples by low temperature plasma ashing and microwave acid digestion. Water Air Soil Pollut 57, 495–503 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00282913
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