Data processing technique for mercury determination by total-reflection X-ray fluorescence, using amalgamation with gold

Spectrochimica acta, Part B: Atomic spectroscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1291-1301

  Bennun, L ^a   Gillette, V H ^a   Greaves, E D ^b  

^a Grupo Fis Estadistica Ctro A   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; EVAPORATION; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; METALLIC FILMS; VAPOR PRESSURE; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AMALGAMATION; DETECTION LIMITS; TOTAL-REFLECTION X RAY FLUORESCENCE (TXRF) SPECTROSCOPY;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 0032594625     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(99)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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