Precise quantitative determination of niobium at low level concentrations in geological samples by WD-XRF

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-195

  Etoubleau, Joël ^a   Cambon, Pierre ^a   Bougault, Henri ^a   Joron, Jean Louis ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemical reference materials; Ion exchange membrane; Nb determination; Preconcentration; Standard additions; XRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008963193     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.1999.tb00573.x     Document Type: Article

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