Comparison of atomic absorption, mass and X-ray spectrometry techniques using dissolution-based and solid sampling methods for the determination of silver in polymeric samples

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1185-1194

  De Schrijver, Isabel ^a,b   Aramendia, Maite ^a   Vincze, Laszlo ^a   Resano, Martín ^c   Dumoulin, Ann ^b   Vanhaecke, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Hogeschool West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AAS; ICPMS; Silver determination; Solid sampling; XRFS

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; POLYPROPYLENES;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION; SILVER DETERMINATION; SOLID SAMPLING; X-RAY SPECTROMETRY;

SILVER;

EID: 36248959792     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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