Quantitative X-ray fluorescence analysis of biomass: Objective evaluation of a typical commercial multi-element method on a WD-XRF spectrometer

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7439-7454

  Andersen, Lars Klembt ^a   Morgan, Trevor J ^a   Boulamanti, Aikaterini K ^a   Álvarez, Patricia ^b   Vassilev, Stanislav V ^a,c   Baxter, David ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RELATIVE STANDARD ERROR; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY;

BIOMASS; LABORATORIES; LEAD; SPECTROMETERS; STRONTIUM;

MAGNESIUM;

EID: 84890915795     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef4015394     Document Type: Article

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