Isotope dilution analysis for elemental speciation: a tutorial review

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy - Tập 60 Số 2 - Trang 151-207 - 2005
Pablo Rodríguez‐González1, Juan Manuel Marchante-Gayón1, J. Ignacio García Alonso1, Alfredo Sanz‐Medel1
1Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Spain

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