ISSN print edition: 0366-6352 ISSN electronic edition: 1336-9075 Registr. No.: MK SR 9/7 Published monthly

Determination of Copper, Zinc, Manganese and Iron in Silicate Samples by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

M. Mikšovský and B. Moldan

Geological Survey, Prague 7

Abstract: Reliable methods for the determination of copper, zinc, manganese and iron in silicate rocks are given. Possible interference effects are investigated and precision and accuracy evaluated. All elements are determined directly after decomposing the sample with hydrofluoric and perchloric acids using the spactrophotometer Perkin—Elmer Model 303. The results are reliable for the contents higher than 0.0004% for copper and zinc and 0.001% for manganese and iron in silicate samples, respectively.

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Chemical Papers 24 (2) 128–133 (1970)