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emission flame photometry

emission flame photometry

[i′mish·ən ‚flām fō′täm·ə·trē]
(analytical chemistry)
A form of flame photometry in which a sample solution to be analyzed is aspirated into a hydrogen-oxygen or acetylene-oxygen flame; the line emission spectrum is formed, and the line or band of interest is isolated with a monochromator and its intensity measured photoelectrically.
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