Characterisation of Fulvic Acids and Glycyrrhizic Acid by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 350-358

  Szymczak, Wilfried ^a   Wolf, Manfred ^a   Wittmaack, Klaus ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Humic Substances; Mass Spectrometry; TOF SIMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000095763     PISSN: 03234320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-401x(20017)28:7<350::aid-aheh350>3.3.co;2-x     Document Type: Article

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