Quantitative separation of molybdenum and rhenium from geological materials for isotopic determination by MC-ICP-MS

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-229

  Pearce, Christopher R ^a   Cohen, Anthony S ^a   Parkinson, Ian J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ion exchange chromatography; MC ICP MS; Molybdenum; Rhenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549118263     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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