An environmentally friendly flow system for high-sensitivity spectrophotometric determination of free chlorine in natural waters

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-81

  Melchert, Wanessa R ^a   Oliveira, Daniel R ^a   Rocha, Fábio R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DPD; Flow analysis; Free chlorine; Green analytical chemistry; Long pathlength spectrophotometry; Multicommutation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955559961     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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