JASPE2 7(5) 41 N-46N 71 9-780 21 5R-278R ( 1 992) August 1992 Ill Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry I n c I ud I n g Atom I c Spectrometry U pd ates Typeset by Burgess Thames View Abingdon Oxfordshire I I I CONTENTS NEWS AND VIEWS 41 N Conference Reports-W Fischer Janet A Armstrong 43N The Benedetti-Pichler Memorial Award of the American Microchemical Society 1992 43N Conferences and Meetings 44N Papers in Future Issues PAPERS 71 9 727 735 743 749 753 761 765 769 775 779 Simplex Optimization of Nitrogen-Argon Plasmas in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for the Removal of Chloride-based Interferences-Steve J Hill Michael J Ford and Les Ebdon Studies on the Application of Platform Atomization to Furnace Atomic Non-thermal Excitation Spectrometry for the Simultaneous Multi-element Analysis of Environmental Materials-Douglas C Baxter Robbin Nichol David Littleiohn Christian Ludke Jochen Skole Erwin Hoffmann Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination of Antimony in Metal Chloride Matrices Using Probe and Tube-wall Atomization-Paavo Peramaki Lauri H J Lajunen Platform Wall and Probe Electrothermal Atomization for the Determination of Aluminium in Clinical Fluids-Juan M Marchante Gayon Juan Perez Parajon Alfred0 Sanz-Medel Craig S Fellows Determination of Aluminium in Human Brain Tissue by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-Ning Xu Vahid Majidi William D Ehmann William R Mar kes bery Spectral Interferences on the Determination of Selenium by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-A Javier Aller Conception Garcia-Olalla Determination of Gallium in Coal and Coal Fly Ash by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Using Slurry Sampling and Nickel Chemical Modification-Shan Xiao-quan Wang Wen Wen Bei Systematic Investigation of Aluminium Interferences on the Alkaline Earth Elements in Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.Part I. Behaviour of Beryl1 ium-Wern e r Luec ke Sample Introduction and Atomization of Volatile Alkyllead Compounds in Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-Gyula Bagdi Janos Lakatos Istvan Lakatos Determination of Ultratrace Arnounts of Gold in Geological Materials by Arc Emission Spectrometry Using Gas Chamber Profile Electrodes-Xu Peiqing CUMULATIVE AUTHOR INDEX ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY 21 5R Advances in Atomic Absorption and Fluorescence Spectrometry and Related UPDATE Techniques-Steve J Hill John B Dawson W John Price Ian L Shuttler Julian F Tyson 247 R ReferencesJASPE2 7(5) 41 N-46N 71 9-780 21 5R-278R ( 1 992) August 1992 Ill Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry I n c I ud I n g Atom I c Spectrometry U pd ates Typeset by Burgess Thames View Abingdon Oxfordshire I I I CONTENTS NEWS AND VIEWS 41 N Conference Reports-W Fischer Janet A Armstrong 43N The Benedetti-Pichler Memorial Award of the American Microchemical Society 1992 43N Conferences and Meetings 44N Papers in Future Issues PAPERS 71 9 727 735 743 749 753 761 765 769 775 779 Simplex Optimization of Nitrogen-Argon Plasmas in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for the Removal of Chloride-based Interferences-Steve J Hill Michael J Ford and Les Ebdon Studies on the Application of Platform Atomization to Furnace Atomic Non-thermal Excitation Spectrometry for the Simultaneous Multi-element Analysis of Environmental Materials-Douglas C Baxter Robbin Nichol David Littleiohn Christian Ludke Jochen Skole Erwin Hoffmann Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination of Antimony in Metal Chloride Matrices Using Probe and Tube-wall Atomization-Paavo Peramaki Lauri H J Lajunen Platform Wall and Probe Electrothermal Atomization for the Determination of Aluminium in Clinical Fluids-Juan M Marchante Gayon Juan Perez Parajon Alfred0 Sanz-Medel Craig S Fellows Determination of Aluminium in Human Brain Tissue by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-Ning Xu Vahid Majidi William D Ehmann William R Mar kes bery Spectral Interferences on the Determination of Selenium by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-A Javier Aller Conception Garcia-Olalla Determination of Gallium in Coal and Coal Fly Ash by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Using Slurry Sampling and Nickel Chemical Modification-Shan Xiao-quan Wang Wen Wen Bei Systematic Investigation of Aluminium Interferences on the Alkaline Earth Elements in Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.Part I. Behaviour of Beryl1 ium-Wern e r Luec ke Sample Introduction and Atomization of Volatile Alkyllead Compounds in Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-Gyula Bagdi Janos Lakatos Istvan Lakatos Determination of Ultratrace Arnounts of Gold in Geological Materials by Arc Emission Spectrometry Using Gas Chamber Profile Electrodes-Xu Peiqing CUMULATIVE AUTHOR INDEX ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY 21 5R Advances in Atomic Absorption and Fluorescence Spectrometry and Related UPDATE Techniques-Steve J Hill John B Dawson W John Price Ian L Shuttler Julian F Tyson 247 R References