Determination of the total mercury in contaminated soils by direct solid sampling atomic absorption spectrometry using an AMA-254 device and radiochemical neutron activation analysis

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 691-694

  Sysalová, Jiřina ^a   Kučera, Jan ^b   Fikrle, Marek ^b   Drtinová, Barbora ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

AMA 254; Contaminated soils; Mercury; RNAA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884196254     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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