An ultraclean cross-flow ultrafiltration technique for the study of trace metal phase speciation in seawater

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 129-152

  Wen, Liang Saw ^a   Stordal, Mary C ^a   Tang, Degui ^a   Gill, Gary A ^a   Santschi, Peter H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colloids; cross flow ultrafiltration; organic carbon; speciation; trace metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294064     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(96)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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