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atomic absorption spectroscopy

noun
variants: or less commonly atomic absorption spectrometry

Definition of atomic absorption spectroscopy

: a method of spectroscopy that relies on the absorption of specific frequencies of light by atoms in order to identify the chemical composition of a sample
  • To fully characterize the composition, we determined the Li, Na and Mn contents by atomic absorption spectroscopy after dissolving the sample in dilute hydrochloric acid.
  • —Jaekook Kim,  Nature,  20 Nov. 1997
— called also absorption spectroscopy

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1957

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