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Sensitivity, Detection Limit, Precision and Accuracy in Flame Emission and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

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Analytical Flame Spectroscopy

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This chapter deals primarily with the practical aspects of achieving low detection limits, high sensitivity, precision and accuracy in the fields of flame emission and atomic absorption. Emphasis is placed on the role of the various components of the instrument and on the control of experimental variables that govern the selection of optimum conditions for attaining these goals. It includes for guidance tables of some of the current results which other workers have achieved in this field. It also discusses the definitions of these terms, but it focuses mainly on the description of techniques and on the instruments which an analyst requires to use these techniques more effectively.

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Menis, O., Rains, T.C. (1970). Sensitivity, Detection Limit, Precision and Accuracy in Flame Emission and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. In: Mavrodineanu, R. (eds) Analytical Flame Spectroscopy. Philips Technical Library. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01008-0_2

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