Elemental Analysis and Determination for Food and Environmental Samples

Dear Colleagues,

Elemental analysis is essential for evaluating food and environmental samples, as it allows the identification and quantification of essential elements, trace elements, and potentially toxic contaminants. This approach ensures consumer safety, regulatory compliance, and quality control, while providing critical information on product authenticity and origin. Techniques such as AAS, MIP-OES, ICP-OES, and ICP-MS, often combined with chemometrics, enable precise, rapid, and multi-element analyses, making them indispensable tools in modern analytical chemistry applied to complex matrices.

In this Special Issue, we invite researchers to contribute original research articles related to the state-of-the-art of elemental analysis techniques and sample preparation in food and environmental samples.

Prof. Dr. Kelly das Graças Fernandes Dantas
Guest Editor

Dr. João B. Pereira-Júnior
Guest Editor Assistant

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