Rapid determination of ultra-trace concentrations of mercury in plants and soils by cold vapour inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-66

  Hellings, J ^a   Adeloju, S B ^a   Verheyen, T V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

CV ICP OES; Mercury; Microwave digestion; Plants; Soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878574167     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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