Microwave assisted extraction for mercury speciation analysis

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-14

  Reyes, Laura Hinojosa ^a   Mar, Jorge Luis Guzmán ^a   Hernández Ramírez, Aracely ^a   Peralta Hernández, Juan Manuel ^a   Barbosa, Juan Manuel Alfaro ^a   Kingston, H M Skip ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Mercury species; Method validation; Microwave assisted extraction (MAE); Sample preparation; Speciation analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251615796     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-010-0473-3     Document Type: Article

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