Graphite furnace and flame atomic-absorption technique for thermoanalytical investigations

Aerosol particles formed from the vapour of electrothermally heated substances were introduced into an acetylene-air flame for atomization and detection. Thus individual observations could be made on condensed phase processes taking place in the furnace. Curves of absorbance vs. furnace temperature for several zinc compounds were recorded and compared with the corresponding thermoanalytical DTG-curves.