Determination of platinum group elements and evaluation of their traffic-related distribution in Italian urban environments

Analytical Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2658-2683

  Spaziani, Fabio ^a   Angelone, Massimo ^a   Coletta, Alessandro ^b   Salluzzo, Antonio ^a   Cremisini, Carlo ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b IAF Flight Test Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autocatalyst; EDS SEM; ICP MS; Italy; Platinum group elements; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749100003     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710802363503     Document Type: Article

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