This review summarizes the state of the art of plasma diagnostics on atmospheric pressure
plasmas formed at characteristic length scales of approximately 1 mm or smaller and …

Bioenergy will be one component of a suite of alternatives to fossil fuels. Effective
conversion of biomass to energy will require the careful pairing of advanced conversion …

These lecture notes are intended to give an introductory course on plasma spectroscopy.
Focusing on emission spectroscopy, the underlying principles of atomic and molecular …

Sample preparation is an important step in chemical analysis, from time and reagent
consuming point of view and from the probability of errors. The present article gives an …

The presence and release of nanoparticles into the environment has important implications
for human health and the environment. This article highlights and describes techniques that …

A new solid phase extraction method for separation and preconcentration of trace amounts
of uranium, thorium, and zirconium in water samples is proposed. The procedure is based …

This chapter explores the analytical methods currently available for the measurement of
heavy metal content in soils, ranging from well-established techniques routinely applied in …

Publisher Summary For environmental investigations, heavy metals are to be analyzed in a
variety of natural and technogenic materials like aerosols, dust, water, stream and lake …

Analysis of Calabash chalk has been done using energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence
spectroscopy (EDXRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and pressurised fluid extraction (PFE) …

Sample preparation is an important step in chemical analysis process. The present article
gives an overview about the co-precipitation as a technique for sample preparation for trace …