Determination of platinum group elements in four new reference samples of marine sediments and nodules by neutron activation analysis after nickel sulphide fire assay preconcentration

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-265

  Xiaolin, L I ^a,c   Chunhan, Tong ^a,b   Jieqing, Zhu ^a,b   Yimin, Wang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chengdu Institute of Technology   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 33750003279     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.1996.tb00187.x     Document Type: Article

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