Atomic Spectrometry Update. Advances in atomic emission, absorption, and fluorescence spectrometry, and related techniques

Several trends have been evident during the review period. There was a mark ed decrease in the number of papers describing applications of chemometric procedures, speciation using gas chromatography (though not speciation usin g liquid chromatography) and solid sampling using arcs and sparks. The numb er of publications describing applications involving some form of sample pr etreatment, either on-line or batch, such as matrix removal, preconcentrati on or vapour generation, was similar to previous years. Similarly, applicat ions involving lasers maintained their popularity. There were very few nove l developments in instrumentation, with the only significant trend of note being that towards miniaturisation.