Improved method for the determination of nonpurgeable suspended organic carbon in natural water by silver filter filtration, wet chemical oxidation, and infrared spectrometry

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 329-334

  Burkhardt, Mark R ^a   Brenton, Ronald W ^a   Kammer, James A ^a   Jha, Virenda K ^a   O'Mara Lopez, Peggy G ^a   Woodworth, Mark T ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; ERROR ANALYSIS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MEMBRANES; OXIDATION; PORE SIZE; PURGING; SILVER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER FILTRATION;

ACIDIFICATION; DETECTION LIMIT; SUSPENDED ORGANIC CARBONS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032932915     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900052     Document Type: Article

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