A. Deklerk et Cj. Rademeyer, EFFECT OF THE ACID MATRIX ON THE ANALYSIS OF SOME NOBLE-METALS WITH INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL-EMISSION SPECTROMETRY, South African Journal of Chemistry, 50(3), 1997, pp. 133-135
The effect of HCl on the analysis of Au, Ir, Pd, Pt, Rh and Ru was stu
died. Emission intensities were found to decrease with increasing acid
concentration. The extent of the signal suppression depended on the a
nalyte type, but was independent of the analyte concentration. The pla
sma excitation conditions were also influenced by the acid matrix.