STATE-OF-THE-ART IN ONLINE TECHNIQUES COUPLED TO FLOW-INJECTION ANALYSIS FIA/ON-LINE - A CRITICAL-REVIEW

Flow injection analysis (FIA) has emerged as an increasingly used laboratory tool in chemical analysis. Employment of the technique for on-line sample treatment and on-line measurement in chemical process control is a growing trend. This article reviews the recent applications of FlA. Most papers refer to on-line sample treatment. Although FIA is very well suited to continuous on-line process monitoring, few examples have been found in this areamost of them have been applied to water treatment or fermentation processes. © 1990, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.