Journal of Analytical Atomic SDect romet r y I ' -. . ' 1111 UI lUlUlll111111 lUllllllllll 1.1 I. 1.1.1111111.11 ,....,.... .I. 1 llllllll I Ill llIlll'llllillllllllll JASPEP 1 O(7) 43N-46N 473-51 8 173R-198R (1 995) CONTENTS NEWS PAGES Book Review John Marshall 43N Diary of Conferences and Courses 43N Future Issues 45N PAPERS Third Rio Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry Caracas Venezuela November Liquid Sample Introduction Devices in Flow Injection Atomic Spectroscopy J. L. Burguera M. Burguera On-line Ion Exchange for the Removal of Sulfur Anion Interference on the Determination of Manganese in Geothermal Fluids by Flow Injection Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry J. L. Burguera M. Burguera C. Rivas P. Carrero M. Gallignani M. R. Brunetto Fluoride as a Chemical Modifier for the Determination of Phosphorus by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Jose Alvarado Ana Rita Cristiano Adilson Jose Curtius Determination of Mineral and Trace Elements in Total Diet by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry Comparison of Microwave- based Digestion and Pressurized Ashing Systems Using Different Acid Mixtures Virginia E.Negretti de Briitter Peter Bratter Albrecht Reinicke Gerhard Schulze Walter Oliver L. Alvarez Nestor Alvarez 6-1 2 1994 473 479 483 487 Atomization Efficiencies of Bismuth Lead Manganese Chromium and Gallium Under Stabinzed Temperature Platform Furnace Conditions Yang Wei-rnin Ni Zhe-ming Flow-through Microwave Digestion System for the Determination of Aluminium in Shellfish by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Marco A.Z. Arruda Mercedes Gallego Miguel Valclrcel Arsenic Determination in Environmental Biological and Food Samples by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Alexandra Usztity Antoaneta Krushevska Mihaly Kotrebai Ramon M. Barnes Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena Improvement in the Ion Exchange Chromatographic Separation of Rare Earth Elements in Geological Materials for Their Determination by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry Juan C. Faritias Horacio P. Cabrera Maria T. Larrea CUMULATIVE AUTHOR INDEX 493 501 505 51 I 51 7 ~ ~ ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY UPDATES References 173R Typeset printed and bound by The Charlesworth Group Huddersfield England 01 484 51 70776th Surrey Conference on Plasma Source Spectrometry St.Helier Jersey UK 17-20 September 1995 Invited Lecturers Dr N Walsh (Royal Holloway) Dr C Gregoire (Geological Survey Canada) Professor R Barnes (University of Massachusetts) and Dr A Gray (Imperial College) Call for Papers Papers (oral and poster presentations) on topics associated with all aspects of plasma source mass spectrometry and on ICP-AES and ICP-MS studies in the Earth Sciences. Three copies of abstracts must be submitted before July 28 1995 Social Programme A n informal reception will take place on the Sunday and a conference dinner on Wednesday evening. A n accompanying persons’ package is available. Registration The residential package covers all meals coffee tea accommodation in single rooms and registration fee. A reduced fee is available for all bona f i d e students Further Details Dr Kym Jarvis NERC ICP-MS Facility CARE Silwood Park Ascot Berks UK SL5 7TE. Tel +44 (0)1344 294517/6; Fax +44 (0)1344 873997