Gold analysis - Fire assaying and alternative methods

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 155-160

  Huffman, Eric L ^a   Clark, John R ^b   Yeager, James R ^b  

^a Activation Laboratories Ltd   (Canada)

^b Enzyme Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; GOLD; LABORATORY METHOD; PRECISION;

EID: 0033550343     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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