Determination of selected metals in Niger Delta oils by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

Analytical Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1993-2005

  Akinlua, A ^a,b   Torto, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

GFAAS; Niger Delta; Oil; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745598572     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710600723916     Document Type: Article

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