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Title: Electrothermal atomic-absorption determination of silver in zinc and cadmium selenides

Journal Article · · Ind. Lab. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7172317

An atomic-absorption signal is dependent on the chemical forms of the test element and matrix in the solution as well as on the processes during electrothermal atomization. The authors have examined the absorption due to silver with a Saturn-2 spectrophotometer with such atomization; the authors used the 328.1 nm line (i = 10 mA, slit width 0.15, time-constant 0.6 sec). The presence of cadmium and zinc was monitored from the 326.1 and 213.8 nm lines respectively. The measurements were made in argon. The internal gas flow was turned off during the atomization. The graphite was used until there were sharp changes in the silver absorption due to change in the structure of the graphite and occurrence of the memory effect. The results from over 100 specimens of cadmium selenide films analyzed for silver showed that the results were in full agreement with the conditions for silver activation (time, temperature, and activator mass).

Research Organization:
Mendeleev Chemical-Engineering Institute, Moscow (USSR)
OSTI ID:
7172317
Journal Information:
Ind. Lab. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 53:4; Other Information: Translated from Zavod. Lab.; 53: No. 4, 28-30(Apr 1987)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English