Effects of different drying processes on the concentrations of metals and metalloids in plant materials

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Anawar, Hossain M ^a   Canha, N ^a   Freitas, M C ^a   Santa Regina, I ^b   Garcia Sanchez, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Drying processes; Metals and metalloids concentration; Neutron activation analysis; Plant biomass

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; IRON; LANTHANUM; METAL; METALLOID; ZINC;

AMBIENT AIR DRYING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVEN DRYING; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 79959858137     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-011-1051-9     Document Type: Article

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