Slurry sampling-an analytical strategy for the determination of metals and metalloids by spectroanalytical techniques

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-62

  Ferreira, Sergio Luis Costa ^a   Miró, Manuel ^b   Da Silva, Erik Galvão Paranhos ^c   Matos, Geraldo Domingues ^a   Dos Reis, Pedro Sanches ^a   Brandao, Geovani Cardoso ^a   Dos Santos, Walter Nei Lopes ^c   Duarte, Alvaro Tavares ^d   Vale, Maria Goreti Rodrigues ^d   Araujo, Rennan Geovanny Oliveira ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complex samples; Sample preparation; Slurry sampling; Solid sampling; Spectroanalytical techniques

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SAMPLES; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SLURRY SAMPLING; SOLID SAMPLING; SPECTROANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES;

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77949555166     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704920903435474     Document Type: Article

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