Determination of iron in abandoned mine drainage by UV-Vis spectrophotometry and flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-437

  Stauffer, Mark T ^a   Hunter, Leland J ^a   Troncone, Steven K ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4,6 tripyridyl 1,3,5 triazine (TPTZ); Abandoned mine drainage (AMD); Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry (FAAS); Iron; Student project; UV visiblespectrophotometry (UV Vis)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247862167     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010701293583     Document Type: Article

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