Isotope ratio determination in Boron analysis

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 39-53

  Sah, Ram N ^a   Brown, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; ICP MS; Isotope ratio determination; Mass spectrometer; TIMS

Indexed keywords

BORON; CESIUM ION; GALLIUM; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; RESIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032419920     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02783124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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