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| Class technique | Analytical technique | Acronym |
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| Atomic absorption spectroscopy | Atomic absorption spectroscopy | AAS |
| Cold vapour atomic absorption spectroscopy | CVAAS |
| Electrothermal atomic absorption spectroscopy | ETAAS |
| Flame atomic absorption spectroscopy | FAAS |
| Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy | GFAAS |
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| Atomic fluorescence spectroscopy | Atomic fluorescence spectroscopy | AFS |
| Cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectroscopy | CVAFS |
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| Inductively coupled plasma spectrometry | Inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry | ICP-ES |
| Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry | ICP-MS |
| Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry | ICP-OES |
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| X-ray fluorescence | X-ray fluorescence | XRF |
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| Mercury analyser | Advanced mercury analyser | AMA |
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| Chromatography | High performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, coupled to both ultraviolet/visible and ultraviolet fluorescence detector | HPLC-MS/UV-Vis-FL |
| Gel permeation chromatography and quantification with high resolution gas chromatography—high resolution mass spectrometry | GPC and HRGC-HRMS |
| Gas chromatography—mass spectrometry | GC-MS |
| Gas chromatography flame-ionization detectors | GC-FID |
| High performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection | HPLC-FL |
| Ion chromatography | IC |
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| Accelerated solvent extraction | Accelerated solvent extraction | ASE |
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| Elemental analysis | Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur, and oxygen-elemental analyzer | CHNS/O |
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| Electron microscopy | Scanning electron microscopy | SEM |
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