Effects of continuous flow centrifugation on measurements of trace elements in river water: Intrinsic contamination and particle fragmentation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2745-2754

  Rossé, Patrick ^a   Vignati, Davide ^a   Dominik, Janusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuous flow centrifugation; Elemental contamination; Particles fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURBIDITY;

CONTINUOUS FLOW CONTAMINATION; ELEMENTAL CONTAMINATION; PARTICLES FRAGMENTATION;

RIVERS;

CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURBIDITY;

EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 33747509991     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6064     Document Type: Article

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