Determination of mercury in naphtha and petroleum condensate by photochemical vapor generation atomic absorption spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-232

  de Jesus, Alexandre ^a   Zmozinski, Ariane Vanessa ^a   Vieira, Mariana Antunes ^b   Ribeiro, Anderson Schwingel ^b   da Silva, Márcia Messias ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AAS; Mercury; Microemulsion; Naphtha; Petroleum condensate; Photochemical vapor generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877145292     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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