A AAS absorption

Figure 10.6. Atomic absorption with A) a sharp-line source and (B) a spectral-continuum source. AA = absorption line half-width AA, = source line half-width S = spectral bandwidth of monochromator. Adapted from G. D. Christian and F. J. Feldman, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Applications in Agriculture, Biology, and Medicine, New York Wiley-Interscience, 1970, p 58, by permission of John Wiley and Sons.

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Table I. Specific absorbance of surfactant-water mixtures at several wavelengths. A is total absorbance, Aabs fchat due to absorption, A-Aa S that due to scattering l is pathlength and c is concentration

The observed absorbance (AA) after an electron pulse is given to the solution containing quinone and a suitable additive, will constitute a difference absorption spectrum given by  

Light scatter by paiticles is a common problem in AAS. Since it is broad band in nature, it can be corrected for in a background absorption measurement. 

Stimulated absorption of photons. In this case, the electronic transition takes place from state 1 to state 2 in response to the action of an external radiation of the appropriate frequency. Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) is based on this process. On the other hand, atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AES) corresponds to the sequential combination of a stimulated absorption followed by spontaneous emission. 

Circular dichroism employs standard dispersive or interferometric instrumentation, but uses a thermal source that is rapidly modulated between circular polarization states using a photoelastic or electro-optic modulator. Using phase-sensitive detection, a difference signal proportional to the absorption difference between left- and right-polarized light, A A = AL — AR, is recorded as a function of wavenumber. Relative differential absorptions (dissymmetry factors) AA/A at absorption maxima are typically 0.1—0.01 for uv—vis electronic transitions and 10-4 —10-5 for vibrational modes in the ir. 

A number of approaches have been used to compare the relative AAS response to different analyte elements. At one time, it was conventional to compare the responses in terms of the concentration (mg/mL) or the amount of analyte that would result in a signal corresponding to 0.0044 A (i.e., a 1% absorption). For a given calibration curve (A = f[C]) "sensitivity" was equated with the slope  

Instead of the ladder C model, the ladder H model, where the electrons of the bonds to substituents in addition to those in the backbone are considered, is suggested to be essential for drawing even the simplest picture of a conjugation35. The A states are also of a aa and a an type, and are calculated to undergo a similar avoided crossing. In view of their very low calculated absorption cross sections, they could be detected only by two-photon absorption spectroscopy. 

If x = 1, critical coupling is obtained and the dip depth attains its maximum value of 100% the microresonator is said to be undercoupled if x < 1 and overcoupled for x > 1. While the coupling loss remains constant, the effective intrinsic loss can be changed by interaction of the evanescent fraction (/) of the WGM with the surrounding medium. The effective loss coefficient can then be written as a = a +/aa f /as, where the three terms denote true intrinsic loss, absorption (and perhaps also scattering) by the analyte, and absorption in the solvent (or ambient). 

Line sources are essential in AAS to obtain adequate sensitivity with a monochromator of only moderate resolution (see Chapter 1, section 7), to make sure that 7t is substantially less than /0. In theory, at least, modulated continuum sources may be used in AFS, because the readily isolated fluorescence emission following radiative excitation is characteristic of the element under investigation. For this reason, AFS is sometimes termed a self-monochromating technique . However the radiative power from a continuum source which falls within the very narrow line width of a typical absorption profile is very small, even if the continuum source is very intense. Therefore detection AFS limits obtained with a source such as a 500 W xenon arc lamp are very poor.34,35 Generally line sources, especially EDLs, are used as excitation sources (see section 3). 

Boron, Li, Mo, Pb, and Sb were determined in the standard mode, while Al, Cd, Co, Ni, Mn, Rb, Sb, Sn, and V were determined in the DRC mode. The determination of Ni was done with a gas flow of 0.15 ml min-1 of CH4, while for the other elements NH3 was used as cell gas at 0.4 ml min-1. The determination of Se by flow injection hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (FI-HG-AAS) was carried out by means of the Perkin-Elmer FLAS 200 system, equipped with the Perkin-Elmer autosampler AS-90, and connected to an electrically heated quartz cell installed on a PerkinElmer absorption spectrometer AAS 4100. The analytical conditions are given in Table 10.3. 

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