JASPE2 2( I ) I-86,1 R-42R (1 987) February 1987 Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Including Atomic Spectrometry Updates CONTENTS NEWS AND VIEWS 1 1 3 6 8 8 8 11 12 12 EditoriaCLes Ebdon Obituary-John Michael Ottaway Lecture Tour of the Far East-Alan R. Date Conference Reports ASU Highlights-Les Ebdon SAC Gold MedaCAlan L. Gray Conferences and Meetings Course Gordon F. Kirkbright Bursary Papers in Future Issues PAPERS 13 21 27 33 39 45 51 55 59 63 67 73 77 81 83 Langmuir Probe Potential Measurements in the Plasma and their Correlation with Mass Spectral Characteristics in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry-Alan L. Gray, R. S. Houk, John G. Williams Effect of Torch Size on a 148-MHz Inductively Coupled Plasma-Bryan D. Webb, M. Bonner Denton Studies of a Low-noise Laminar Flow Torch for Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry.Part 2. Noise Power Studies and Interference Effects-John Davies, Richard D. Snook Self-matrix Effects as a Cause of Calibration Curvature in Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry-Michael H. Ramsey, Michael Thompson, Stephen J. Walton Direct Atomic Spectrometric Analysis by Slurry Atomisation. Part 1. Optimisation of Whole Coal Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry- Les Ebdon, John R. Wilkinson Investigations of a Reduced Palladium Chemical Modifier for Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-Lucinda M. Voth-Beach, Douglas E. Shrader Spray Deposition versus Single-drop Deposition for Calibration of an Electrostatic Accumulation Furnace for Electrothermal Atomisation Atomic Absorption Spec- trometry-Giancarlo Torsi, Francesco Palmisano Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination of Lead in Gasolines by Generation of its Covalent HydrideJose Aznarez, Juan Carlos Vidal, Rafael Carnicer Population Distribution of Atomic Uranium in the Afterglow of a Pulsed Hollow-cathode DischargeYves Demers, Jean-Marie Gagne, Piero Pianarosa Laser-excited Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry as a Practical Analytical Method.Part 2. Evaluation of a Graphite Tube Atomiser for the Determination of Trace Amounts of Indium, Gallium, Aluminium, Vanadium and Iridium by LAFS-Klaus Dittrich, Hans-Joachim Stark Silicate Rock Analysis by Energy-dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Using a Cobalt Anode X-ray Tube. Part 2.Practical Application and Routine Performance in the Determination of Chromium, Vanadium and Barium-Philip J. Potts, Peter C. Webb, John S. Watson, David W. Wright KflIKa Intensity Ratios for Rare Earth Compounds Using Radioisotope Induced X-ray FluorescenceKenneth J. Borowski, Fook S. Tham, lvor L. Preiss SHORT PAPER Determination of Metals in Poly(viny1 chloride) by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Part 2. Determination of Lead and Magnesium in Samples of Poly(viny1 chloride) with a High Content of Alkaline Earths-Miguel A. Belarra, Jesus M. Anzano, Felix Gallarta, Juan R. Castillo COMM U NlCATl ON Oxide and Doubly Charged Ion Response of a Commercial Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Instrument-Alan L. Gray, John G. Williams INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY UPDATE 1R Environmental Analysis-Les Ebdon, Malcolm S.Cresser, Cameron W. McLeod 29R References Typeset and printed by Heffers Printers Ltd, Cambridge, EnglandJASPE2 2( I ) I-86,1 R-42R (1 987) February 1987 Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Including Atomic Spectrometry Updates CONTENTS NEWS AND VIEWS 1 1 3 6 8 8 8 11 12 12 EditoriaCLes Ebdon Obituary-John Michael Ottaway Lecture Tour of the Far East-Alan R. Date Conference Reports ASU Highlights-Les Ebdon SAC Gold MedaCAlan L. Gray Conferences and Meetings Course Gordon F. Kirkbright Bursary Papers in Future Issues PAPERS 13 21 27 33 39 45 51 55 59 63 67 73 77 81 83 Langmuir Probe Potential Measurements in the Plasma and their Correlation with Mass Spectral Characteristics in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry-Alan L.Gray, R. S. Houk, John G. Williams Effect of Torch Size on a 148-MHz Inductively Coupled Plasma-Bryan D. Webb, M. Bonner Denton Studies of a Low-noise Laminar Flow Torch for Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry. Part 2. Noise Power Studies and Interference Effects-John Davies, Richard D. Snook Self-matrix Effects as a Cause of Calibration Curvature in Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry-Michael H. Ramsey, Michael Thompson, Stephen J. Walton Direct Atomic Spectrometric Analysis by Slurry Atomisation. Part 1. Optimisation of Whole Coal Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry- Les Ebdon, John R. Wilkinson Investigations of a Reduced Palladium Chemical Modifier for Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-Lucinda M.Voth-Beach, Douglas E. Shrader Spray Deposition versus Single-drop Deposition for Calibration of an Electrostatic Accumulation Furnace for Electrothermal Atomisation Atomic Absorption Spec- trometry-Giancarlo Torsi, Francesco Palmisano Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination of Lead in Gasolines by Generation of its Covalent HydrideJose Aznarez, Juan Carlos Vidal, Rafael Carnicer Population Distribution of Atomic Uranium in the Afterglow of a Pulsed Hollow-cathode DischargeYves Demers, Jean-Marie Gagne, Piero Pianarosa Laser-excited Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry as a Practical Analytical Method. Part 2. Evaluation of a Graphite Tube Atomiser for the Determination of Trace Amounts of Indium, Gallium, Aluminium, Vanadium and Iridium by LAFS-Klaus Dittrich, Hans-Joachim Stark Silicate Rock Analysis by Energy-dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Using a Cobalt Anode X-ray Tube. Part 2.Practical Application and Routine Performance in the Determination of Chromium, Vanadium and Barium-Philip J. Potts, Peter C. Webb, John S. Watson, David W. Wright KflIKa Intensity Ratios for Rare Earth Compounds Using Radioisotope Induced X-ray FluorescenceKenneth J. Borowski, Fook S. Tham, lvor L. Preiss SHORT PAPER Determination of Metals in Poly(viny1 chloride) by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Part 2. Determination of Lead and Magnesium in Samples of Poly(viny1 chloride) with a High Content of Alkaline Earths-Miguel A. Belarra, Jesus M. Anzano, Felix Gallarta, Juan R. Castillo COMM U NlCATl ON Oxide and Doubly Charged Ion Response of a Commercial Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Instrument-Alan L. Gray, John G. Williams INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY UPDATE 1R Environmental Analysis-Les Ebdon, Malcolm S. Cresser, Cameron W. McLeod 29R References Typeset and printed by Heffers Printers Ltd, Cambridge, England