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5 - Interpreting the DGT Measurement

Speciation and Dynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2016

By
Jaume Puy ,
Josep Galceran  and
Carlos Rey-Castro
Edited by
William Davison
William Davison
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Lancaster University
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Diffusive Gradients in Thin-Films for Environmental Measurements , pp. 93 - 122
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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