A new method to radiolabel natural organic matter by chemical reduction with tritiated sodium borohydride

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6776-6782

  Tinnacher, Ruth M ^a   Honeyman, Bruce D ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SIEVES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PH EFFECTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SORPTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL REDUCTION; FULVIC ACID; RADIOISOTOPE TRITIUM;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; TRITIUM;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SIEVES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PH EFFECTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SORPTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIONUCLIDE; REDUCTION; SODIUM; TRITIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DESORPTION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPE LABELING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

ADSORPTION; BENZOPYRANS; BOROHYDRIDES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPE LABELING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRITIUM;

EID: 35148822436     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070563b     Document Type: Article

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