Hello,
First off, I am a graduate student in wildlife biology = chemically clueless. I am working out methods to determine total mercury content from otter fur. I am currently familiarizing myself with AAS techniques. Apparently, mercury must by analysed using cold vapor AAS. There is a Perkin Elmer Aanalyst 400 at my university. I have read up on this instrument on line (to the best of my understanding) but still have questions. Can the "cold vapor" technique be used with most flame AA instruments, or is a different instrument used?
Thanks,
jtmeow