Reassessment of HF/HNO 3 Decomposition Capability in the High-Pressure Digestion of Felsic Rocks for Multi-Element Determination by ICP-MS

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-289

  Zhang, Wen ^a   Hu, Zhaochu ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Chen, Lu ^a   Chen, Haihong ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Zhao, Laishi ^a   Hu, Shenghong ^a   Gao, Shan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Digestion haute pression; Digestion HF HNO 3; l ments traces; Fluor; Fluoride; HF HNO 3 digestion; High pressure digestion; ICP MS; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ACID ATTACK; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; COMPLETE DISSOLUTION; DIGESTION TIME; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (ESEM); FLUOR; FLUORIDE; GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES; HIGH PRESSURE DIGESTION; ICP-MS; INSOLUBLE RESIDUE; MULTIELEMENT DETERMINATION; REFERENCE MATERIAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE ERRORS; SILICATE ROCKS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION;

DISSOLUTION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

NITRIC ACID;

EID: 84865792431     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2012.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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