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Table 1. Detection limits for atomic emission spectrometry/ppb (mg l-^1 )
Element Flame ICP-AES ICP-MS
Al 10 4 0.1
Ba 1 0.1 0.02
Be – 0.06 0.1
Cu 10 0.9 0.03
Mn 10 0.4 0.04
P – 30 20
Pb 100 20 0.02
Zn 10 1 0.08
Flame, flame atomic emission (see Topic E4); ICP-AES, inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry; ICP-MS, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry.