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A scheme of analysis of heavy metals in sewage based fertilizers, based mainly on direct gamma spectrometry using a Ge(Li) detector, is described. Reversed-phase anion exchange chromatography was used in separating some of the elements with mutually interfering gamma energies. The results are compared with those obtained from atomic absorption and spectrophotometric procedures.
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Wiseman, B.F.H., Bedri, G.M. A neutron activation scheme for the detection and determination of pollutant heavy metals in sewage based fertilizers. J. Radioanal. Chem. 24, 313–320 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02518428
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