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W.R. Biggs, J.T. Gano, and R.J. Brown. Determination of polyphosphate distribution by liquid chromatographic separation with direct current plasma-atomic emission spectrometric detection. Anal. Chem., 56(14), 2653 (1984). 

WL. Childress, D. Erickson, and I.S. Krull. Selenium speciation in dietary mineral supplements and foods by gas/liquid chromatography interfaced with direct current plasma emission spectroscopic detection (GC/HPLC-DCP). Element Spedfic Chromatographic Detection by Atomic Emission Spectroscopy, ACS Symposium Series, Ed. by PC. Uden, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1991, submitted for publication. 

The XRD and TEM showed that the bimetallic nanoparticles with Ag-core/Rh-shell structure spontaneously form by the physical mixture of Ag and Rh nanoparticles. Luo et al. [168] carried out structure characterization of carbon-supported Au/Pt catalysts with different bimetallic compositions by XRD and direct current plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy. The bimetallic nanoparticles were alloy. Au-core/Pd-shell structure of bimetallic nanoparticles, prepared by co-reduction of Au(III) and Pd(II) precursors in toluene, were well supported by XRD data [119]. Pt/Cu bimetallic nanoparticles can be prepared by the co-reduction of H2PtClg and CuCl2 with hydrazine in w/o microemulsions of water/CTAB/ isooctane/n-butanol [112]. XRD results showed that there is only one peak in the pattern of bimetallic nanoparticles, corresponding to the (111) plane of the PtCu3 bulk alloy. 

In contrast to gas chromatographic separations, which require the preparation of volatile derivatives of tin compounds, separations carried out by means of HPLC do not necessarily require preparations of derivatives. HPLC has been used in conjunction with several detection techniques, including photometers, atomic absorption spectrometers and direct current plasma emission spectrometers after hydride generation. Some recent studies have involved fluorimetric detection (Kleibohmer and Cammann, 1989) and hydride generation AAS. The latter has been applied to the quantification of TBT in coastal water. 

Childress, W.L., Erickson, D. and Krull, I.S. (1992) Trace selenium speciation via high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet and direct-current plasma emission detection. In Element-specific Chromatographic Detection by Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ed. Uden, PC.). American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, pp. 257-273. 

Microwave-induced plasma (MIP), direct-current plasma (DCP), and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) have also been successfully utilized. The abundance of emission lines offer the possibility of multielement detection. The high source temperature results in strong emissions and therefore low levels of detection. Atomic absorption (AA) and atomic fluorescence (AF) offer potentially greater selectivity because specific line sources are utilized. On the other hand, the resonance time in the flame is short, and the limit of detectability in atomic absorption is not as good as emission techniques. The linearity of the detector is narrower with atomic absorption than emission and fluorescence techniques. 

The most suitable techniques for the rapid, accurate determination of the elemental content of foods are based on analytical atomic spectrometry, for example, atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), atomic emission spectrometry (AES), and mass spectrometry, the most popular modes of which are Game (F), electrothermal atomization (ET), and hydride generation (HG) AAS, inductively coupled plasma (ICP), microwave-induced plasma (MIP), direct current plasma (DCP) AES, and ICP-MS. Challenges in the determination of elements in food include a wide range of concentrations, ranging from ng/g to percent levels, in an almost endless combination of analytes with matrix speci be matrices. 

As mentioned before, two interlaboratory studies were organised prior to certification, involving ca. 15 laboratories using techniques such as cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry, direct current plasma atomic emission spectrometry (DCP-AES), differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV), microwave plasma atomic emission spectrometry (MIP-AES), electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) and neutron activation analysis with radiochemical separation (RNAA). 

Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and direct current plasma (DCP) atomic emission spectrometry have become widely accepted techniques for simultaneous multielemental analysis. These techniques are highly sensitive and have a very wide dynamic range. A wealth of information is contained in the emission signal, including several atomic and ionic emission lines for each element in the sample. In even the simplest sample, there are thousands of observable spectral lines. To make full use of this enormous spectral information the analyst requires an instrument capable of observing a very wide spectral range simultaneously, preferably from 190 nM to 800 nM with a resolution of approximately 0.01 nM. 

In the atomic emission detector (AI D), the effluent from the OC column is introduced into a microwavc-induced plasma (MIP), an inductively coupled plasma (ICP). or a direct current plasma (DCP). The MIP has l)cen most widely used and is available commercially. TTie MIP is used in conjunction with a diode array or chargc coupled-device atomic emission spectrometer as shown in I igure27-I2. The plasma is sufficiently en-... 

Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) is used for multi-element determinations in blood and tissue samples. Detection in urine samples requires extraction of the metals with a polydithiocarbamate resin prior to digestion and analysis (NIOSH 1984a). Other satisfactory analytical methods include direct current plasma emission spectroscopy and determination by AAS, and inductively coupled argon plasma spectroscopy-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) (Patterson et al. 1992 Shaw et al. 1982). Flow injection analysis (FIA) has been used to determine very low levels of zinc in muscle tissue. This method provides very high sensitivity, low detection limits (3 ng/mL), good precision, and high selectivity at trace levels (Fernandez et al. 1992b). 

Common gas chromatographic detectors that are not element- or metal-specific, atomic absorption and atomic emission detectors that are element-specific, and mass spectrometric detectors have all been used with the hydride systems. Flame atomic absorption and emission spectrometers do not have sufficiently low detection limits to be useful for trace element work. Atomic fluorescence [37] and molecular flame emission [38-40] were used by a few investigators only. The most frequently employed detectors are based on microwave-induced plasma emission, helium glow discharges, and quartz tube atomizers with atomic absorption spectrometers. A review of such systems as applied to the determination of arsenic, associated with an extensive bibliography, is available in the literature [36]. In addition, a continuous hydride generation system was coupled to a direct-current plasma emission spectrometer for the determination of arsenite, arsenate, and total arsenic in water and tuna fish samples [41]. 

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