Synopses & Reviews
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) has been widely adopted as a routine analytical technique for elemental analysis in both industry and academia. However, spectral interference can be a major problem, particularly with such line-rich elements as the rare earth elements. An Atlas of High Resolution Spectra of Rare Earth Elements, which comes complete with a CD of spectra in full colour, is a reference source suitable for all analytical spectroscopists. Using some previously unpublished high resolution spectra, this atlas enables users of ICP-AES to select the best lines of any single rare earth element matrix. Clear instructions for the use of the accompanying CD are provided, which allows all adjacent interferent spectral profiles to be displayed and superimposed. Up-to-date and informative, this unique book will be welcomed as a practical and indispensable reference guide by all those who use ICP-AES for the analysis of rare earth elements.
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"... a valuable reference guide ..." Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol 122, No 18, p 4534
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"... a very useful book to have in the laboratory ..." Talanta, 52, 2000, 955
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"... I ... recommend in terms of its coverage, and clarity of presentation. The inclusion of the coincidence profiles on compact disk is an additional and useful bonus." www.rsc.org/anlreview/2000
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"... a helpful aid to any user of ICP with a special interest in the rare earth elements ..." Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2000, 15
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"... valuable and indispensable ..." Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 3/2000, M97-M98
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"... a welcome addition to the current literature ... should occupy a space in any reference library." Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol 20, No 1, 2001
Synopsis
Produced by a group of scientists from the chemistry department of Xiamen U., China (as well as one author from the Chinese Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources), this work contains data and profiles of high-resolution interferant spectra among rare earth elements (REEs). The aim of the book is to allow scientists to choose appropriate analytical spectral lines for the determination of REEs. Coincidence evaluation parameters for various elements are presented along with spectral coincidence profiles. The CD-ROM contains a program used to load the interferant spectra of arbitrarily selected REEs matrices around a selected prominent line.
Synopsis
Up-to-date and informative, this unique book will be welcomed as a practical and indispensable reference guide by all those who use ICP-AES for the analysis of rare earth elements.
Table of Contents
I Introduction: Overview; Interpretation; Apparatus and Procedures; II Reference; III Coincidence Tables: Selected prominent lines of REEs and their detection limits and BECs; Tables of interfering lines; Tables of coincidence parameters; Tables of recommended analysis lines with matrices of REEs; IV Spectral Coincidence Profiles; Appendix.