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Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

US4728189A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 1987
Grant dateMar 1, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/3103
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An absorption profile indicative of a relation in atomic absorption spectroscopy between the absorbance of a desired element and time has a constant half-width independent of the concentration of the desired element in a sample, and hence the half-width of absorption profile with respect to the desired element can be previously determined from data which is obtained by the measurement of a standard sample. In an atomic absorption spectrophotometer herein disclosed, the half-width of absorption profile is previously determined in the above-mentioned manner, and the true peak value of an absorption profile obtained by measuring a sample which contains the desired element at a high concentration, is calculated using the time width of this absorption profile at a predetermined absorbance and the previously-determined half-width.

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