The next great thing in AAS

摘要

Flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) has been a mainstay of every one of my laboratories for the past 20 years. Across five different labs, I have run nine of these instruments. Over the years, these have grown in their complexity and capabilities: rotating turrets to hold multiple lamps, automatic burner rotation, deuterium background correction lamps, double-beam optics, automatic samplers, auto sampling and auto dilution. Generally, these capabilities delivered improved performance, either m convenience and/or in reduced operator effects.