A comparison of SEM-EDS with ICP-AES for the quantitative elemental determination of estuarine particles

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-238

  Haley, Stephen M ^a   Tappin, Alan D ^a   Bond, Peter R ^a   Fitzsimons, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Certified reference material; Estuarine particles; ICP AES; Quantification; SEM EDS

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BINARY ALLOYS; ESTUARIES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SPECTROMETRY;

CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY; ESTUARINE PARTICLE; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC-EMISSION SPECTROMETRIES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; QUANTIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY-ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33751571221     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-006-0054-1     Document Type: Article

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