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  <id>01040</id>
  <title>chemical vapour generation</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - chemical vapour generation</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.C01040</doi>
  <code>C01040</code>
  <status>current</status>
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      <id>1</id>
      <text>A system in which the analyte is separated from the sample matrix by the generation of gaseous species as a result of a chemical reaction.</text>
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      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 1992, 64, 261. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - XIII. Terms related to chemical vapour generation (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)' on page 262 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199264020261)</item>
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  <citation>Citation: 'chemical vapour generation' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.C01040</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-04-18T13:21:45+00:00</accessed>
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