Use of handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometry units for identification of arsenic in treated wood

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 627-633

  Block, Colleen N ^a   Shibata, Tomoyuki ^a   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^a   Townsend, Timothy G ^b  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Handheld; Treated wood; XRF

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES; TREATED WOOD; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY;

WOOD;

ARSENIC; DETECTION METHOD; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESERVATION; WOOD; X-RAY;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WOOD; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARSENATES; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHROMIUM; COPPER; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WOOD;

ARSENIC; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249338761     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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