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The slurry sample introduction with fluorinating electrothermal vaporization has been applied to ICP-AES for the determination of boron in plant leaves. The main working parameters for ETV-ICP-AES, such as r.f. power, gas flow rate, drying temperature and atomization temperature have been studied. The concentration of the fluorinating agent polytetrafluoro-ethylene was examined for the boron determination. The matrix concentrations of Na, K, Ca and Mg up to 5 mg/ml do not interfere with the fluorinating vaporization of boron. Several plant samples were analysed with the standard addition method. A good agreement of analytical results between this method and a spectrophotometric method was obtained. The determined value of boron in NBS SRM 1573 tomato leaves coincides with literature values.
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Hu, B., Jiang, Z. & Zeng, Y. Slurry sample introduction with fluorinating electrothermal vaporization for the direct ICP-AES determination of boron in plant leaves. Fresenius J Anal Chem 340, 435–438 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00322418
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