A quality control technician at an electroplating facility needs to analyze wastewater discharge for trace metal contaminants. Although manual flame tests can quickly indicate the presence of certain metal cations by their characteristic flame colours, the technician requires a highly sensitive, automated instrumental method that can both identify these cations and accurately determine their concentrations.
State the name of this instrumental technique.
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