Redox chemistry and natural organic matter (NOM): Geochemists' dream, analytical chemists' nightmare

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2011, Pages 85-111

  Macalady, Donald L ^a   Walton Day, Katherine ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; REDOX CHEMISTRY;

REDOX REACTIONS;

EID: 84885108114     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2011-1071.ch005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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