Wet Digestion Using Microwave Heating

Microwave-Assisted Sample Preparation for Trace Element Determination

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 99-142

  Müller, Edson I ^a   Mesko, Márcia F ^b   Moraes, Diogo P ^c   Korn, Maria das Graças A ^d   Flores, Érico M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inorganic samples; Microwave heating; Organic samples; Wet digestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903800894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59420-4.00004-0     Document Type: Chapter

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