Enhancement of Sensitivity for Selenium Determination in Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry by Introducting Hydrogen Selenide into an Argon-Hydrogen Flame

Abstract
The sensitivity for selenium determination with atomic absorption spectrophotometry is enhanced to a large extent by introducing hydrogen selenide gas into an argon-hydrogen flame. As a reducing agent, zinc granular and stannous chloride is successfully used for quantitative and rapid productions of hydrogen selenide from selenium(IV) solution. The sensitivity for 1 % absorption of the signal is estimated to be about 0.02 ppm of selenium.

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