Research Article

Fast Determination of Manganese in Milk and Similar Infant Food Samples Using Multivariate Optimization and GF AAS

Table 1

Temperature program used in optimization method.

StepTemperature (°C)Ramp time (s)Hold time (s)Ar flow rate (mL min−1)

Drying90515250
Drying140560250
Pyrolysis a10 c250
Atomization b050 (read)
Clean270015250
Cool20110250

a,b,cVariables optimized.