Determination of sulfur in petroleum coke combining closed vessel microwave-induced combustion and inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry

Analytical Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1623-1632

  Mello, Paola De A ^a   Giesbrecht, Cristiano K ^a   Alencar, Mauricio S ^b   Moreira, Elizabeth M ^b   Paniz, José N G ^a   Dressler, Valderi L ^a   Flores, Érico M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry; Ion chromatography; Microwave induced combustion; Petroleum coke; Sulfur determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549102941     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710802122289     Document Type: Article

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