Analysis of sulfur in the copper basin and muddy river sites using portable xrf instrumentation

Association for Environmental Health and Sciences - 23rd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water 2007

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-16

  Berger, Michael ^a   Zou, Ling ^a   Schleicher, Robert ^b  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Sediment; Sulfur; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT; HELIUM PURGE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARR INSTRUMENTS; PORTABLE XRF; QUANTITATION LIMITS; RIVER SITES; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SOIL SAMPLE; SULFUR ANALYSIS; WET SEDIMENTS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE; HELIUM; POTASSIUM; RADON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SULFUR; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

SULFUR DETERMINATION;

EID: 67449167834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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