1 Introduction
2 Sample decomposition and preconcentration stage
2.1 Lead fire assay
2.2 Nickel sulfide fire assay
2.3 Chlorination
2.4 Wet chemical attack
2.4.1 Gold
2.4.2 Platinum group elements (PGE)
3 Instrumental/measurement stage
3.1 Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS)
3.1.1 Flame AAS
3.1.2 Graphite furnace AAS
3.2 Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission
spectrometry (ICP-AES)
3.3 Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
(ICP-MS)
3.4 Neutron activation analysis (NAA)
3.4.1 Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA)
3.4.2 Radiochemical neutron activation analysis (RNAA)
4 Conclusions
5 Acknowledgements
6 References