Journal of Analytical 1111111 IIIq I 1111111 I I111 Atomic Spectrometry I JASPEP lO(10) 57N-58N 699-904 253R-328R (1 995) CONTENTS NEWS PAGES Diary of Conferences and Courses Future Issues 57N 58N PAPERS Software Development for Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-A Decade of Progress Liang Yan-Zhong Ni Zhe-Ming Yang Peng-Yuan Detection Limits in Zeeman-effect Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Boris V. CVov Leonid K. Polzik Alexander V. Borodin Alexey 0. Dyakov Alexander V. Novichikhin Signal-to-Noise Ratios for Coupled Gas Chromatography-Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Using Quartz Tube Atomizers Magnus Johansson Douglas C. Baxter Wolfgang Frech Improving the Design of a Water-cooled Atom Trap to Increase Sensitivity and Precision Andrew D. Turner David J. Roberts Yann Le Cor Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination Using a Multipurpose Dialyser in a Flow Injection System Jacobus F.Van Staden Cornelius J. Hattingh Chemical Modifiers for Controlling Interferences in the Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination of Chromium(iii) and Chromium(w) and Their Separation Mohamed A. Kabil Permanent Iridium Modifier for Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Cornelius J. Rademeyer Bernard Radziuk Natalia Romanova Nils Petter Skaugset Asbjdrn Skogstad Yngvar Thomassen Determination of Germanium in Environmental Samples by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry with Continuous Flow Hydride Generation in Dilute Perchloric Acid Solution Ni Zhe-Ming He Bin Determination of Germanium in Human Serum by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Using a Chemical Modifier Xu Dong-Qun Guo Gang- Ping Sun Han-Wen Determination of Elevated Levels of Dysprosium in Serum by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Einar Knutsen Grethe Wibetoe lvar Martinsen Determination of Thallium in Telluride Thermoelectric Material by Chemical Modification and Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Jitka Sramkova Stanislav Kotrly Kateiina Doleialova On the Determination of Total Mercury in Natural Gases Using the Amalgamation Technique and Cold Vapour Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Wolfgang Frech Douglas C.Baxter Geir Dyvik Bjorn Dybdahl Role of Oxygen in the Determination of Oxide Forming Elements by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Part 2. Effect of Oxygen on the Reactions of Thallium Bismuth and Lead in Uncoated Furnaces Pyrolytic Coated Furnaces and on Platforms t German Muller-Vogt Lothar Hahn Hans Muller Wolfgang Wendl Dimitri Jacquiers-Roux Chemical Modifier Methods for the Determination of Bismuth and Silver in Nickel-based Alloys and Steels by Zeeman Electrothermal Atomization Brynmor Mile Christopher C.Rowlands Alice V. Jones Is Palladium or Palladium-Ascorbic Acid or Palladium-Magnesium Nitrate a More Universal Chemical Modifier for Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry? Shan Xiao-Quan Wen Bei 699 703 711 721 727 733 73 9 747 753 757 763 769 777 785 791 continued on inside back cover 0267 - 9 ~ 7 7 t 1995 I 10 ; 1 - B Typeset printed and bound by The Charlesworth Group Huddersfield England 01484 517077Universal Temperature Programmes for Modifier-free Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry of Trace Elements in Pharmaceuticals Sonja Arpadjan Anka Alexandrova Determination of Selenium by Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Elimination of Interferences from Very High Concentrations of Nickel Cobalt Iron and Chromium by Complexation Torild Wickstrarm Walter Lund Ragnar Bye Reduction of Gaseous Phase Interference in Hydride Generation Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Instead of Flame Heated Quartz Tube Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Determination of Selenium in Nickel Alloys and Low-alloy Steels Torild Wickstrarm Walter Lund Ragnar Bye Separation and Determination of Antimony(ii1) and Antimony(v) Species by High-performance Liquid Chromatography with Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometric and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometric Detection Patricia Smichowski Yolanda Madrid M. Beatriz de La Calle Guntihas Carmen Carnara Mechanism of Vaporization of Sulfur in Electrothermal Vaporization Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry D.Conrad Gregoire Hirohito Naka Aerosol Deposition Direct Sample Insertion for Ultra-trace Elemental Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Robin Rattray Eric D. Satin Polyatomic Ions as Internal Standards for Matrix Corrections in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Xiaoshan Chen R. S. Houk Inductively Coupled Nitrogen Plasma Mass Spectrometry Assisted by Adding Argon to the Outer Gas Hiroshi Uchida Tetsumasa Ito Determination of Scandium in High-purity Titanium Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry as Part of Its Certification as a Reference Material Andrea Held Philip Taylor Chris Ingelbrecht Paul de Bievre Jose A.C. Broekaert Mark Van Straaten Renaat Gijbels Evaluation of the Direct Injection Nebulizer in the Coupling of High- performance Liquid Chromatography to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Grace Zoorob Medha Tomlinson Jian-Shang Wang Joseph Caruso Spark Ablation as Sampling Device for Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Low-alloyed Steels Aurora G. Coedo M. Theresa Dorado B. Fernandez Sensitive Determination of Selenium by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry with Flow Injection and Hydride Generation in the Presence of Organic Solvents Riansares Muhoz Olivas C.R. Quetel 0. F. X. Donard Optimization of Flow Injection Hydride Generation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for the Determination of Selenium in Water and Serum Samples M. Angeles Quijano Ana Maria Gutierrez M. Concepcion Perez Conde Carmen Camara Some Observations on the On-line Anion-exchange Preconcentration for Microwave Plasma Torch Atomic Emission Spectrometry Qinhan Jin Hanqi Zhang Feng Liang Qun Jin Determination of Chromium(vi) and Total Chromium by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry after Preconcentration Using Solvent Extraction and Back-extraction Jamshid L. Manzoori Farzaneh Shemirani Analytical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Double-resonance Laser- induced Fluorescence of Gold Atoms in a Graphite Furnace and in a Flame Giuseppe A. Petrucci Hermann Beissler Oleg Matveev Paolo Cavalli Nicolo Ornenetto. Quantitative Depth Profile Analysis by Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry an Alternative Approach Zdengk Weiss Characterization and Optimization of a Radiofrequency Glow Discharge Ion Source for a High Resolution Mass Spectrometer Anatolij I. Saprykin J. Sabine Becker Hans-Joachim Dietze CUMULATIVE AUTHOR INDEX 799 803 809 81 5 823 829 837 843 849 853 859 865 87 1 875 88 I 885 89 1 897 903 AT0 M I C S P ECT R 0 M ETRY U P DAT ES Atomic Mass Spectrometry and X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry-Jeffrey R. Bacon Simon R. N. Chenery Andrew T. Ellis Andrew Fisher Adam W. McMahon Philip J. Potts John G. Williams References 31 1R 253R