Determination of palladium and platinum in refractory samples with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) using improved NiS fire assay

Himalayan Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-27

  Khanna, P P ^a   Siddaiah, N Siva ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

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