GeostandaRef Corner
Geochemical Reference Sample Bibliography for 1981

I. Roelandts

Geology, Petrology and Geochemistry, University of Liège,
B-4000 Sart Tilman, Liège 1, BELGIUM

Summary
The first geochemical reference sample (GRS) bibliography was published in this journal in 1980 (5: 197-211) and covered the literature of the period from 1979 to 1980. Some geoanalysts have already shown their interest in this new column on reference samples and encouraged us to continue. The present work surveys the GRS bibliography reported from January to December 1981. It also includes some references overlooked in the first bibliographical compilation.

Table 1. GRS references in various journals during 1981

JOURNAL	NO. OF PAPERS ON GRS
Geostandards Newsletter	28
Analytical Chemistry	13
Journal of Radioanalytical Chemistry	11
Chemical Geology	10
Fresenius Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie	10
The Analyst	9
Analytica Chimica Acta	8
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology	8
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	8
Talanta	7
Others	33
TOTAL NUMBER OF REFERENCES	148

The 145 references presented here for 1981 have been gleaned from more than 30 journals in analytical chemistry and geochemistry. Table 1 shows the distribution of these reference papers in various journals. As previously, Geostandards Newsletter holds by far the first place, confirming its important role for the geoanalytical community.

Table 2. Analytical methods used most for GRS during 1981

METHOD	PER CENT
Neutron activation analysis	29
Atomic absorption spectrometry	16
Mass spectrometry	12
X-ray fluorescence	11
Colorimetry	9
Inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy	6
Anodic stripping voltammetry	4
Others	13
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPILED ARTICLES	116

The analytical methods used most for GRS during 1981 are given in Table 2. As can be seen, neutron activation analysis is always the favourite technique, followed by atomic absorption spectrometry. It is also interesting to note that the "old" colorimetry is not at all unattractive for analytical geochemistry.

Geostandards Newsletter (1982), Vol. 6 No. 1 pp. 163-172

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