High-throughput microwave-assisted digestion and extraction procedures for agricultural materials

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2333-2345

  Nóbrega, Joaquim Araújo ^a   Nascentes, Clésia Cristina ^b   Araújo, Geórgia Cristina Labuto ^a,c   Nogueira, Ana Rita Araújo ^c   Pirola, Camillo ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d Milestone srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extraction; High sample throughput; Microwave digestion; Plants; Soils

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; EMISSION; NITRIC ACID; PLASMA; SAMPLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TRACE ELEMENT;

BOVINAE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 35648965834     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701588452     Document Type: Article

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