Determination of major and trace elements in European bottled mineral water - Analytical methods

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-226

  Birke, Manfred ^a   Reimann, Clemens ^b   Demetriades, Alecos ^c   Rauch, Uwe ^a   Lorenz, Hans ^a   Harazim, Bodo ^a   Glatte, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

AFS; Anions; IC; ICP AES; ICP QMS; Mineral water; Photometric method; Quality control; Tap water; Titration method; Trace and major elements

Indexed keywords

AFS; ANIONS; IC; ICP-AES; ICP-QMS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERAL WATER; PHOTOMETRIC METHOD; TAP WATER;

ALKALINITY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BARIUM; BEVERAGES; BROMINE; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GADOLINIUM; GERMANIUM; GROUNDWATER; HAFNIUM; HOLMIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IODINE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; NIOBIUM; PHOTOMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RETAIL STORES; SCANDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECTROMETRY; TANTALUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TERBIUM; TIN; TITRATION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUNGSTEN; YTTERBIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ANION; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOMETER; QUALITY CONTROL; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 78649908232     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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