Determination of trace cadmium and zinc in corn kernels and related soil samples by atomic absorption and chemical vapor generation atomic fluorescence after microwave-assisted digestion

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-43

  Ke, Yongpei ^a,b   Sun, Qun ^a   Yang, Zhirong ^a   Xin, Juanjuan ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Hou, Xiandeng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption; Atomic emission; Atomic fluorescence; Cadmium; Chemical vapor generation; Corn; Inductively coupled plasma; Microwave digestion; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544445563     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010500434396     Document Type: Article

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