Design and development of a low cost, high performance UV digester prototype: Application to the determination of trace elements by stripping voltammetry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-163

  Monticelli, Damiano ^a   Carugati, Gabriele ^a   Castelletti, Alessio ^a   Recchia, Sandro ^a   Dossi, Carlo ^a  

^a Dip Scienze Chimiche e Ambientali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cathodic stripping voltammetry; Copper; ICP MS; Platinum; Uranium; UV photolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950627559     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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