Pyrolysis of samples containing organic matter. In the presence of oxygen this is referred
to as
ashing.
Source:
PAC, 1992, 64, 253
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - XII. Terms
related to electrothermal atomization (IUPAC Recommendations 1992))
on page 256
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
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