Contamination introduced during rock sample powdering: Effects from different mill materials on trace element contamination

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 389-394

  Takamasa, Asako ^a   Nakai, Shun'Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contamination; Grinding mill; ICP MS; Trace element

Indexed keywords

GRINDING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LIMESTONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILL; QUARTZ; SAND; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SOFT ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 75949116618     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0032     Document Type: Article

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