Simultaneous determination of total carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and sulfur in twenty-seven geological reference materials by elemental analyser

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-283

  Kubota, Ran ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combustion temperature; Geological reference materials; Simultaneous elemental determination; Total carbon; Total hydrogen; Total nitrogen; Total sulfur

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549099939     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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