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Several different methods exist for the determination of trace elements in lichen samples. Amongst these are: neutron activation analysis [5, 6, 9, 11, 15], X-ray fluorescence (XRF) [4, 17], and various spectrometric techniques including flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS [11, 18]), graphite furnace or electrothermal vaporization (GF- or ET-AAS [6, 9, 16]), inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES [9, 13]), and ICP mass spectrometry (ICP-MS [9, 3, 10, 12]).
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Rusu, A.M. (2002). Sample Preparation of Lichens for Elemental Analysis. In: Nimis, P.L., Scheidegger, C., Wolseley, P.A. (eds) Monitoring with Lichens — Monitoring Lichens. NATO Science Series, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0423-7_25
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