Cd and Pb from plant leaves prior to determination by electrothermal atomic absorption
spectrometry (ETAAS). Beech leaves (a certified reference material—CRM 100—where the
target analytes were not certified) were used for optimizing the extraction step by a
multivariate approach. The samples (0.25 g) were subjected to dynamic ultrasound-assisted
extraction with dilute nitric acid as extractant. The method was validated with a certified …