The determination of total hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur in silicates, silicate rocks, soils and sediments

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-345

  Andrade, Sandra ^a   Ulbrich, Horstpeter H ^a   Janasi, Valdecir A ^a   Navarro, Margareth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon; Geological materials; Hydrogen; Nitrogen; Sulfur; Sutarno steger test; Volatile analyser equipment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349999208     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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