Quantitative determination of gold and the platinum-group elements in geological samples using improved NiS fire-assay and tellurium coprecipitation with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 189-197

  Oguri, Kiwamu ^a   Shimoda, Gen ^a,b   Tatsumi, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Fission Track ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Basalts; Fire assay; ICP MS; Noble metals; Te coprecipitation

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS;

EID: 0033599957     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00205-8     Document Type: Article

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