Spectrophotometric determination of pKa values for fluorescein using activity coefficient corrections

Water SA

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 395-402

  Smith, S A ^a   Pretorius, W A ^b  

^a Worldthree   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FLUORESCENCE; PH EFFECTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ADSORBANCE CHANGES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRACER;

EID: 0036807748     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v28i4.4912     Document Type: Article

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