Comparison of mercury vapor pressure of silver amalgam-based electrode materials using AAS

Analytical Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1387-1399

  Jiranek, Ivan ^a   Cerveny, Vaclav ^a   Barek, Jiri ^a   Rychlovsky, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amalgam electrodes; Atomic absorption spectroscopy; Dental amalgam; Mercury vapor pressure; Silver amalgam

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952665925     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710903518799     Document Type: Article

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