Chemical vapor generation for determination of mercury by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-102

  Wu, Li ^a   Zheng, Chengbin ^a   Ma, Qian ^a   Hu, Changwei ^a   Hou, Xiandeng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor generation; Inductively coupled plasma; Mass spectrometry; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (METAL); ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL REAGENTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR GENERATION;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 33947315677     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704920601184234     Document Type: Review

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