Development and application of an electronic tongue for detection and monitoring of nitrate, nitrite and ammonium levels in waters

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-279

  Nunez L ^a   Ceto X ^b   Pividori, M I ^b   Zanoni, M V B ^a   del Valle, M ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Electronic tongue; Nitrate; Nitrite; Sensor array; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878345585     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2013.04.018     Document Type: Article

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