Solar UV-assisted sample preparation of river water for ultra-trace determination of uranium by adsorptive stripping voltammetry

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 99-104

  Woldemichael, Gelaneh ^a,b   Tulu, Taffa ^a   Flechsig, Gerd Uwe ^b,c  

^a Adama University   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c Gensoric GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorptive stripping voltammetry (AdSV); Chloranilic acid; Pseudopolarography; River water; Uranium; UV digestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866303939     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-012-0869-3     Document Type: Article

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