Determination of the Levels of Selected Essential Metals in Sycamore (Ficus sycomorus L) Fruit and Seed Using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

Table 1

Instrumental operating conditions for determination of metals using F AAS.

Parameters	K	Mg	Ca	Fe	Zn	Cu	Mn
λ (nm)	404.6	285.2	422.7	248.3	213.9	324.7	279.5
S.W (nm)	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.2	1.0	0.7	0.7
Flame type	Air-acetylene
L.C (mA)	4.5	1	2	3.5	0.2	1.5	3
Sample energy (eV)	3.06	4.35	2.93	4.99	5.80	3.82	4.44

L.C = lamp current, nm = nanometre, mA = milliampere, eV = electron volt, S.W = slit width, λ = wavelength.