Evaluation of a total reflection x-ray fluorescene spectrometer in the determination of arsenic and trace metals in environmental samples

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-178

  Juvonen, Riitta ^a   Parviainen, Annika ^a   Loukola Ruskeeniemi, Kirsti ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Arsenic; Mine tailings; Surface water; Total reflection X ray fluorescene; Trace metals; TXRF

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; DRAINAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEACHING; LEAD; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); SPECTROMETERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; TAILINGS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MINE TAILINGS; TOTAL REFLECTION; TRACE METAL; TXRF;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARSENIC; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; TAILINGS; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 66549106689     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/09-205     Document Type: Article

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