PIXE analysis of some vegetable species

Romanian Reports in Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 997-1008

  Pantelica, Ana ^a   Ene, Antoaneta ^b   Gugiu, M ^a   Ciortea, C ^a   Constantinescu, O ^a  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cabbage; Parsnip; Pepper; PIXE; Tomato; Trace elements; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055180489     PISSN: 12211451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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