| CPC G01N 31/12 (2013.01) [G01N 1/44 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |

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1. An element analysis method including heating a sample placed in a crucible in a heating furnace; and measuring an amount of an element contained in a gas discharged from the heating furnace by an analysis mechanism to analyze the element contained in the sample, the method comprising:
a blank measurement step of measuring the amount of the element contained in the gas discharged from the heating furnace when only the crucible is heated, and
a zero-point correction amount setting step of setting an amount of zero-point correction based on a measurement value in a transient state region where the measurement value rises in blank data obtained in the blank measurement step.
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