ICP-AES elemental analysis

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Description

Acid digestion of plant and soil samples followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry to quantify metal concentrations in tissues. Standard laboratory protocol for elemental analysis.

Typical Equipment

• nitrile gloves
• plastic vials
• paper bags
• oven
• 2mm sieve
• screw-top teflon vials
• hot-plate
• centrifuge
• ICP-AES system

Output Measurements

• tissue metal concentrations
• soil metal concentrations

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