Microwave digestion of fertilizers and soil amendments

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 18-20, 1996, Pages 2947-2971

  Raven, K P ^a   Loeppert, R H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DIGESTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0030301716     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629609369754     Document Type: Article

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