Spectrophotometric study of catechol oxidation by aerial O2 in alkaline aqueous solutions containing Mg(II) ions

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-333

  Nikolić, Goran M ^a   Premović, Pavle I ^a   Nikolić, Ružica S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Catechol oxidation; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442665698     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387019808003257     Document Type: Article

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