A simple optimized microwave digestion method for multielement monitoring in mussel samples

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-541

  Saavedra, Y ^a   Gonzalez A ^b   Fernandez P ^a   Blanco, J ^c  

^a Ctro de Contr do Medio Marino   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓNS MARIÑAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Closed vessels; Metals; Microwave digestion; Monitoring; Mussel

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DECOMPOSITION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NITRIC ACID; OPTIMIZATION; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETRY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLOSED VESSELS; MICROWAVE DIGESTION; MUSSEL;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 2342500935     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2003.12.024     Document Type: Article

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