| Abstract: | With the aid of the Soviet atomic-absorption two-channel spectrometer “Saturn” successful attempts were made to improve the sensitivity of the heavy-metal determination after the previous two-step separation and concentration technique. Compared with other combustible gases, the propane/nitrogen-oxide flame is preferred. Because of the possibility of the direct determination of the heavy metals in the water samples the duration of analyses could be reduced by fifty per cent. Besides the heavy-metal analytics, a rapid-determination technique for calcium and magnesium was developed. The results of the different determination techniques and the ranges of measurement are given in several tables. |
