Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry

Abstract

In keeping with the nature of these reviews, this discussion of atomic fluorescence spectrometry is chiefly concerned with the experimental aspects of atomic fluorescence spectrometry and with its application to elemental analysis in the laboratory. The limited space available does not permit any exhaustive examination of theoretical principles nor would we particularly want to develop this theme since several excellent reviews have recently been published of the theoretical aspects of fluorescence measurements in populations of free atomic species; these should be consulted for a more rigorous account [1–4].