Lead-Testing Service to Elementary and Secondary Schools Using Anodic Stripping Voltammetry

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 214-217

  Goebel, Amanda ^a   Vos, Tracy ^a   Louwagie, Anne ^a   Lundbohm, Laura ^a   Brown, Jay H ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROPLATING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIRE HAZARDS; LEAD; LEAD PLATING; MERCURY AMALGAMS; MIXING; PLUMBING; POTABLE WATER; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

ANODIC STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY (ASV); WATER UTILITIES;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0742268469     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p214     Document Type: Article

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