The increasing use of rare earth elements (REEs) in various industries has led to a rise in
discharge points, thus increasing discharge rates, circulation, and human exposure …

Different natural and anthropogenic processes cause pollution of various water bodies
worldwide creating numerous health problems for humans. This causes serious concern as …

Highlights in the field of air analysis included: a new focus on measuring tyre-wear particle
emissions; an interest in using unmanned aerial vehicles for sampling purposes and an …

Progress in both basic and applied geochemical studies highly depend on the progress of
the analytical instrumentation in general. In recent times, there have been spectacular …

Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP‐MS) instruments were
introduced into geochemical and mineral exploration laboratories nearly four decades ago …

The use of analytical techniques is important and critical in all areas related to REE, such as
basic fundamental research, exploration, mining, extraction, and metallurgical activities at …

Microwave-induced plasma optical emission spectrometry (MIP-OES) has been attracting
growing interest since the introduction of a commercial instrument based on a Hammer …

Chemostratigraphy utilizes the elemental, isotopic, and mineralogical compositions of
sediments and rocks to understand the conditions of deposition and diagenesis, variations …

Elemental impurities may occur in pharmaceutical products under different conditions.
Impurity composition includes many types of species: metals and non-metals, which can be …

Rare earth elements (REE) include the lanthanide series (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd,
Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) plus Sc and Y. All these metals occur together in different …