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Trace elements in biological systems: nuclear techniques app.

P Colautti·P C Muzzio·G Enzi·G Moschini·B M Stievano
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Nuclear techniques are very useful in the simultaneous determination of many trace elements in biological samples; the sensitivity depends on the method and on the elements in study and in many cases is better than 0;1 ppm. Proton-induced X-ray fluorescence and alpha-particle elastic diffusion techniques are described; the methods of sample preparation, the sensitivity obtained and some experimental results are included.

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P Colautti, P C Muzzio, G Enzi, G Moschini, B M Stievano. Trace elements in biological systems: nuclear techniques app.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02949086

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