Effect of thawing condition on the recovery of reactive silicic acid from frozen natural water samples

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2553-2555

  Zhang, Jia Zhong ^a   Ortner, Peter B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frozen storage; Recovery; Silicic acid; Thawing condition; Water samples

Indexed keywords

COLD STORAGE; INORGANIC ACIDS; REFRIGERATORS; THAWING;

FRESH WATER; SILICIC ACID; WATER SAMPLES;

ICE;

SEA WATER; SILICIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DARKNESS; FREEZING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; TECHNIQUE; THAWING; TIME; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0032146197     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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