Crucial problem in rapid spectrophotometric determination of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and its breakthrough method

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 568-571

  Maeda, Toshinari ^a   Kubota, Akira ^a   Nagafuchi, Nobuaki ^a   Kadokami, Kiwao ^a,b   Ogawa, Hiroaki I ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Kitakyushu City Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,4,6 trinitrotoluene; Accuracy of quantification; Hydroxylamino dinitrotoluene; Rapid spectrometric determination; Tetranitro azoxytoluene

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SAMPLE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EID: 33745954326     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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