JASPE2 l(8) 737-834,211 R-242R (1 987) December 1987 Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Including Atomic Spectrometry Updates CONTENTS NEWS AND VIEWS 737 737 738 739 741 741 741 743 743 744 Editorial-Les Ebdon Fourth Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium-David Hickman Fourth BNASS Student Bursaries Conference Report Book Review AS U High I ig h t s- D av i d H i c k m a n 1987 Hilger Spectroscopy Prize Conference and Meetings Gordon F. Kirkbright Bursary Fund Papers in Future Issues PAPERS 745 765 773 785 793 80 1 805 809 813 819 823 829 833 Matrix-effect Observations in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry- Samantha H. Tan, Gary Horlick Effect of Operating Parameters on Analyte Signals in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry-Margaret-Anne Vaughan, Gary Horlick, Samantha H.Tan Influence of Matrix Effects on Methods for the Quantification of Major and Impurity Elements in Brass Using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)-Frank Michiels, Freddy Adams Spatially Resolved Absorbance Profiles Detailing the Selenium Vaporisation Process in Electrothermal Atomisers-Maureen S. Droessler, James A. Holcombe Investigations of Interferences in Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Using a Dual-cavity Platform. Part 2. Influence of Sodium Chloride and Nickel Chloride on the Atomisation of Lead-Bernhard Welz, Suleyman Akman, Gerhard Schlemmer High-resolution Gas Chromatography With Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry as the Detection System-Olle Nygren Determination of Trimethyllead Salts in Blood Using High-resolution Gas Chromato- graphy - Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-Olle Nygren, Carl-Axel N i lsson Indirect Determination of Cationic Surfactants in Frozen Squid by Flame and Electrothermal Atomisation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-Pedro Martinez Gonzalez, Carmen Camara Rica, Luis Polo Diez Determination of Manganese, Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium in Pine (Pinus Caribaea) Needle Samples by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry With Slurry Sample Introduction-Nereida Carrion, Zully A.de Benzo, Elias J. Eljuri, Franco Ippoliti, Daniel Flores Simplex Optimisation of a 5-kW Nitrogen-cooled Argon Inductively Coupled Plasma for Maximum Signal to Background Ratios and Minimum Matrix InterferenceGlyn L. Moore, Reinhard G. Bohmer Investigation of Small Volume Cloud Chambers for Use in Inductively Coupled Plasma Nebulisation-Phillip L.Kempster, Jacobus F. Van Staden, Henk R. Van Vliet A Capacitively Heated Tungsten Spiral Atomiser for Atomic Fluorescence Spectro- metric Analysis-Boris V. Arkhangelskii, Alex S. Gonchakov, Svetlana S. Grazhulene COMMUNICATION On the Determination of Analyte Transport Efficiency in Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry-Gertjan Kreuning, Frans J. M. J. Maessen ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY UPDATE 21 1R Minerals and Refractories-David A. Hickman, Joan M. Rooke, Michael Thompson 231R References Typeset and printed by Black Bear Press Limited, Cambridge, Englandii The Chemical Analysis of Water: General Principles and Techniques 2nd Edition by A.L. Wilson and D. T. E. Hunt, Water Research Centre, Medmenham Hardcover 704pp ISBN 0 85186 797 9 Price f55.00 ($99.00) RSC Members f36.00 This new edition covers the considerable developments which have taken place in the eleven years since the first edition was published, in the measurement of water quality with particular reference to methods for estimating and controlling possible errors in analytical results. Ordering: Non-RSC Members should send their orders to: The Royal Society of Chemistry, Distribution Centre, Blackhorse Road, Letchworth, Herts SG6 1 HN, UK. RSC Members should send their orders to: Brief Contents: Information Requirements of Measurement Programmes; Sampling; The Nature and Importance of Errors in Analytical Results; Estimation and Control of the Bias of Analytical Results; Estimation and Control of the Precision of Analytical Results; Achievement of Specific Accuracy by a Group of Laboratories; Reporting Analytical Results; The Selection of Analytical Methods; General Precautions in Water-Analysis Laboratories; Analytical Techniques; Automatic and On-Line Analysis; Computers in Water Analysis.The Royal Society of Chemistry, Membership Manager, 30 Russell Square, London WC1 B 5DT, UK. ROYAL SOCIETY OF C HE M I STRY lnformat ion Services Circle 004 for further information ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY Analytical Division East Anglia Region Atomic Spectroscopy and Automatic Methods Groups SPECTROSCOPY ACROSSTHESPECTRUM: Analytical Applications of Spectroscopy 12-15 July 1987 University of East Anglia Norwich, UK Incorporating The First International Near Infrared Spectroscopy Conference (Organised by the International Committee for Near Infrared Spectroscopy) University of East Anglia, 12-1 7 July 1987 Affiliated Groups: Association of British Spectroscopists British Mass Spectrometry Society International Committee for Near Infrared Analysis United Kingdom Chemometrics Discussion Group The aim of the meeting is to bring together spectroscopists from many different disciplines with the prospect of an interchange of ideas and methods.The meeting will be organised in three parts. General sessions, poster ses- sions and parallel specialist sessions. There will be an equipment exhibition and a social programme. An internationally recognised group of specialists have been invited to present the plenary and keynote lectures which cover the areas of: Combined techniques, Data Analysis and Fourier transform spectroscopy.Parallel sessions are planned in the following areas: near infrared spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, NM R spectroscopy, microwave spec- troscopy, infrared spectroscopy, process control, and chemometrics. FURTHER INFORMATION Dr. C. S. Creaser, School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia, NORWICH NR4 7TJ, UK. 2 for further informationRamon M. Barnes, Editor Department of Chemistry GRC Towers University of Ma8sachusetts Amherst, MA 01003-0035 Tel. 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