Vaporization and atomization of neodymium in graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

Atomic Absorption, Atomic Emission, and Flame Emission Spectrometry

“…Alvarado (192), through the use of X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, and measured appearance temperatures, suggested that carbon aids in the reduction of metal oxides of Fe, Co, and Ni to the metal in a graphite furnace. Byrne and Carambassis (193) used ICPMS measurements to show that atomization of Nd in a graphite furnace proceeds first via oxide dissociation and then at higher temperatures via carbide dissociation. Molecular losses of Nd did not occur prior to atomization.…”