“…Experiments were carried out using the STPF-concept (Slavin, Manning, & Carnrick, 1981). Tungsten and Rh-coated platforms were prepared automatically by using the facilities provided by the original software of the autosampler and graphite furnace, according to a heating programme adapted from the literature (Freschi, Freschi, & Neto, 2006;Lima, Krug, & Jackson, 1998). A volume of 50 lL of 1.00 g L À1 W or Rh stock solution was delivered onto the integrated platform and the heating programme for deposition shown in Table 1 was run.…”