Artifacts in the determination of the binding of americium and europium to an aquatic fulvic acid

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 221-224

  Lead, J R ^a   Hamilton Taylor, J ^a   Kelly, M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Americium; Europium; Humic material; Ion exchange

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; EUROPIUM; FULVIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMERICIUM; EUROPIUM; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ION EXCHANGE; SCHUBERT'S METHOD; TRACE METAL;

EID: 0030024699     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04899-5     Document Type: Article

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