as well as to eliminate the interferents due to the high complexity of the biological samples(e.g.thepresenceofmacromolecules),
low concentrationsofanalytesandlowsamplevolumeavailability.
Accordingtotheliterature,mineralizationproceduresusingdi-
gestorblocks,ovensand/ormicrowaveovensarethemostused
methods forbiologicalsamplepreparationofmetalanalyses [2–4].
Despite thewideuseofthesetechniques,somedrawbackscan
also bepointedout,suchastheneedtohighacidicconcentrations