Determination of the rare-earth elements in phosphate rocks using both inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and instrumental neutron activation analysis

Autor: R. Al-Merey, H. J. M. Bowen
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters. 153:221-234
ISSN: 1588-2780
0236-5731
DOI: 10.1007/bf02176877
Popis: Rare earth elements have been determined in Syrian phosphate rocks by two methods: inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry following a cation separation, and instrumental neutron activation analysis using both short and long irradiation periods. The results from the two methods agree in most cases apart from Ce, Lu, Nd and Sm. Despite the absence of reliable reference materials, we believe the emission spectrometry technique to be the more accurate.
Databáze: OpenAIRE