Determination of mercury in water samples by electrochemical cold vapor generation coupled to microstrip microwave induced helium plasma optical emission spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-16

  Červený, Václav ^a,b   Horváth, Márk ^a,c   Broekaert, José A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electrochemical cold vapor generation; Mercury determination; Microstrip microwave induced plasma; Optical emission spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872189394     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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