Lead hydride was generated from acid solution, containing potassium ferricyanide as an oxidizing agent, by the reaction with alkaline borohydride solution. The effects of reaction conditions (hydrochloric acid, ferricyanide and borohydride concentrations), and the lengths of reaction and stripping coils were studied. The effects of trapping temperature and argon flow rate were also investigated. Under the conditions giving the best peak area sensitivity, the detection limit (concentration giving a signal equal to three S.D. of the blank signal) was 0.12 mgl − 1 for a 1000 ml injection volume. The detection limit was improved to 0.03 mgl − 1 when the ferricyanide was purified b y passage through a cation-exchange resin. Two calcium supplement materials were analyzed by the flow i njection ( , respectively.