Atomic Absorption Spectrscopy (AA) is an important spectrophotometric
technique for analyzing samples for a particular element. The
spectrophotometer uses an acetylene flame as the sample cell and measures
the characteristic absorption of different atomic species within the
flame. It is capable of great sensitivity in limits of detection for
various analytes. Our AA spectrometer is a Perkin-Elmer 373 model.
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