A fast and direct spectrophotometric method for the sequential determination of nitrate and nitrite at low concentrations in small volumes

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 162, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-36

  García Robledo, Emilio ^a   Corzo, Alfonso ^a   Papaspyrou, Sokratis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Griess reaction; Nitrate; Nitrite; Spectrophotometric method; Vanadium (III) chloride

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FRESHWATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; RESERVOIR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VANADIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84897398381     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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