Chemical analyses of extremely degraded wood using analytical pyrolysis and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 368-379

  Braovac, Susan ^a   Tamburini, Diego ^b   Łucejko, Jeannette Jacqueline ^b,c   McQueen, Caitlin ^a   Kutzke, Hartmut ^a   Colombini, Maria Perla ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alum treated wood; Archaeological wood; ICP AES; Oseberg collection; Py(HMDS) GC MS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943787603     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2015.09.016     Document Type: Article

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