Determination of Metallic Elements in Biological and Environmental Samples

Dear Colleagues,

Each of us knows how important it is to determine the content of individual elements in order to determine environmental pollution, learn about biochemical processes, food safety, the safety of drugs and supplements, the impact of human activity on the environment, etc. It is important that the obtained results of the analyses are reliable, as many legislative, commercial and health decisions often depend on such analyses. In this Special Issue, we would like to present your works concerning the determination of both the total content of elements and their speciation forms in biological and environmental samples. Nowadays, there are a large number of analytical techniques available, allowing for trace and ultratrace analysis of elemental composition. Therefore, we do not limit our scope to selected analytical techniques.

The elements to be determined often occur at ultra-trace concentration levels and concentration/separation is required.  We would like to publish papers that describe new separation procedures and the use of new sorbents to separate elements of interest.  

To emphasize the importance of quality assurance in chemical analysis, we would  like to invite you to publish articles that deal with quality assurance and quality control in the composition analysis of biological and environmental materials.

Dr. Ewelina Chajduk
Guest Editor

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• inorganic trace analysis
• biological samples
• environmental samples
• preconcentration/separation
• QC/QA