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A cost-effective and rapid microwave-assisted acid extraction method for the multi-elemental analysis of sediments by ICP-AES and ICP MS

M. V. Balarama Krishna, K. Chandrasekaran, G. Venkateswarlu and D. Karunasagar

Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 3290–3299 (DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25393C). Amendment published 6th August 2013.

RSC Publishing, along with the authors, would like to draw the reader’s attention to the following paper in order to alert them to the potential risks of microwave-assisted digestion and the importance of appropriate safety measures.

H. M. 'Skip' Kingston, P. J. Walter, W. G. Engelhart, P. J. Parsons, Laboratory Microwave Safety in Microwave-Enhanced Chemistry: Fundamentals, Sample Preparation, and Applications, ed. H. M. 'Skip' Kingston and S. J. Haswell, ACS Professional Reference Book Series, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1997, ch. 16.

http://www.sampleprep.duq.edu/dir/mwavechap16/mwave.htm

The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.

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