Optimised Ferrozine Micro-Method for the Determination of Ferrous and Ferric Iron in Rocks and Minerals

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-44

  Husler, John ^a   Ferriss, Elizabeth D A ^b   Helean, Katheryn B ^c   Bryan, Charles R ^c   Brady, Patrick V ^c  

^a University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferric; Ferrous; Ferrozine; Iron speciation; Mineral analysis; Rock analysis

Indexed keywords

FERRIC; FERROUS; FERROZINE; MINERAL ANALYSIS; ROCK ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION; DISSOLUTION; IRON; IRON OXIDES; METAL ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERALS;

EID: 79951938500     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2010.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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