Determination of the ammonium content of potassic rocks and minerals by capacitance manometry: A prelude to the calibration of FTIR microscopes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 57-66

  Boyd, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Analysis; Continental crust; Geochemistry; Infrared spectroscopy; Mass spectrometry; Stable isotopes; Standard materials

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CALIBRATION; CAPACITANCE MANOMETRY; FTIR MICROSCOPY; POTASSIC ROCK;

EID: 0030924574     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00150-7     Document Type: Article

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