Polytetrafluoroethylene trace analysis

Even if sufficient sample size, in volume, may not be available, enrichment techniques that concentrate trace metals in microliter samples are sometimes quite useful because modern instrumental detection systems such as AAS, ICP-AES, ICP-MS, etc. do not need a large sample size. Moreover, if trace metals that have been separated from their major substances can be concentrated in an extremely small area of the polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tube in HSCCC, this would be an ideal flow-injection analysis system for determination of inorganics. From this point of view, the recently developed pH-zone refining technique has great potential for enrichment, especially for instrumental inorganic trace analysis. 

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