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Name and describe at least two instruments that can detect trace amounts of metal elements in a sample.
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Answer:
Following are the desired two instruments, which can be used to detect trace amounts of metal elements, in a sample.
Explanation:
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As we know, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrocopy ( i.e. ICP-MS ), is an instrument which creates/ produces a Inductively Coupled Plasma ( ICP ), which in turn ionizes, and atomizes, the Sample. Now, the produced: ions/ atoms, are then detected, according to the types of elements.
Therefore, in accordance with the above process, the ions,/ atoms, of any trace of metals, in the samples can be detected, by using ICP-MS.
As we know, in Atomic Absoption Spectroscopy ( AAS ) , is a technique, in which a sample is heated up, in a flame, and the type of the element is detected, by detecting the absorbance, of the radiation, by the resulting ions/ atoms of the sample. Using the absorbed, wave-length, of radiation, by the sample, the trace of any metal element present, in the sample, can be detected.
As discussed above, trace amounts of metal - elemets, in the sample can be detected, by the two instruments, discussed above.
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