Dissolution and elemental analysis of minerals, soils and environmental samples

Quantitative Methods in Soil Mineralogy

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 49-82

  Sawhney, B L ^a   Stilwell, D E ^a  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Atomic emission spectrometry; Elemental analysis; Environmental sample; ICP AES; Minerals; Sample decomposition; Sample dissolution; Soil sample

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103035846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/1994.quantitativemethods.c2     Document Type: Chapter

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