“…The electrothermal atomization mode, however, makes complete description of the atom formation mechanism more difficult due to an increase in the number of interfering species, which are chemical in nature. The studies on atomization processes reported in the literature (15)(16)(17)(18)(19) are all carried out on analytes with water or weak acids with a zirconium matrix (6). However, the reaction mechanism on the basis of activation energies (E a ) calculation using Arrhenius plots is not yet reported for Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, and Zn in uranium and thorium matrices using the GFAAS technique.…”