Concepts, Instrumentation and
       Techniques in Atomic
       Absorption Spectrophotometry
       Richard D. Beaty
       and
       Jack D. Kerber
       Second Edition
       THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION
             Copyright © 1993 by The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, CT, U.S.A. All
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               ABOUT THE AUTHORS
               Richard D. Beaty
               Since receiving his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of Missouri-
               Rolla, Richard Beaty has maintained an increasing involvement in the field of
               laboratory instrumentation and computerization. In 1972, he joined Perkin-Elmer,
               where he held a variety of technical support and marketing positions in atomic
               spectroscopy. In 1986, he founded Telecation Associates, a consulting company
               whose mission was to provide formalized training and problem solving for the
               analytical laboratory.  He later became President and Chief Executive Officer of
               Telecation, Inc., a company providing PC-based software for laboratory automat-
               ion and computerization.
               Jack D. Kerber
               Jack Kerber is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has
               been actively involved with atomic spectrometry since 1963. In 1965 he became
               Perkin-Elmer’s first field Product Specialist in atomic absorption, supporting ana-
               lysts in the western United States and Canada. Since relocating to Perkin-Elmer’s
               corporate headquarters in 1969, he has held a variety of marketing support and
               sales and product management positions. He is currently Director of Atomic Ab-
               sorption Marketing for North and Latin America.
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             ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
             The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions and assistance they have re-
             ceived from their colleagues in preparing this book. We are particularly indebted
             to Glen Carnrick, Frank Fernandez, John McCaffrey, Susan McIntosh, Charles
             Schneider and Jane Sebestyen of The Perkin-Elmer Corporation for the hours they
             spent proofreading the several revisions and to Jorn Baasner, Horst Schulze, Ger-
             hard Schlemmer, Werner Schrader and Ian Shuttler of Bodenseewerk
             Perkin-Elmer GmbH for their invaluable input on Zeeman-effect background cor-
             rection and graphite furnace atomic absorption techniques. 
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