Determination of zirconium, niobium, hafnium and tantalum at ng g -1 levels in geological materials by direct nebulisation of sample HF solution into FI-ICP-MS

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-20

  Makishima, Akio ^a   Nakamura, Eizo ^a   Nakano, Toshio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow injection; Geological reference materials; Hf; ICP MS; Nb; Peridotite; Ta; Zr

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002387389     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.1999.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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