A modified technique for the preparation of SO2 from sulphates and sulphides for sulphur isotope analyses

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-183

  Han, Liangfeng ^a   Tanweer, A ^a   Szaran, J ^b   Halas, S ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Sample preparation technique; Sulphates; Sulphides; Sulphur isotope analyses; Thermal decomposition

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

EID: 0036766913     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010215132     Document Type: Article

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