Multielemental analysis of dried residue from metal-bearing waters by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-190

  Gonzalez Fernandez, Oscar ^a   Margui, Eva ^a   Queralt, Ignacio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Limit of detection; Liquid; Mining sample; Sensitivity; WDXRF

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEACHING; LEAD; MINING; SODIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID; MINING SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY; WDXRF;

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58549095503     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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