Mineral Element Contents in Commercially Valuable Fish Species in Spain

Table 1

Instrumental analytical conditions for atomic absorption spectrometry (flame and hydride generation technique) and for atomic emission spectrometry (flame technique) of investigated elements.

	Wavelength (nm)	Slit width (nm)	Flow air/acetylene (L/min)	Lamp current (%)
FAAS
Ca	422.7	0.5	1.2	100
Mg	285.2	0.5	0.9	75
Zn	213.9	0.5	0.9	75
FAES
Na	589.0	0.5	1.1	0
K	766.5	0.5	1.1	0
	Wavelength (nm)	Slit width (nm)	Flow argon (L/min)	Lamp current (%)
HGAAS
As	193.7	1	0.2	75
CVAAS
Hg	253.7	0.5	0.2	75

FAAS: flame atomic absorption spectrometry; FAES: flame atomic emission spectrometry; HGAAS: hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry; CVAA: cold vapour atomic spectrometry.