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Spectrographic Examination of Chromatographic Columns
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Spectrographic Examination of Chromatographic Columns

  • J. E. DUNABIN1,
  • H. MASON1,
  • A. P. SEYFANG1 &
  • …
  • F. J. WOODMAN1 

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IN the determination of metallic traces, insufficient attention has been paid either to the advantages of direct spectrography of chromatographic columns, or to the chromatographic behaviour of organic metal complexes, although in the latter sphere the use of oxine1 and of violuric acid2 has been reported.

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    J. E. DUNABIN, H. MASON, A. P. SEYFANG & F. J. WOODMAN

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DUNABIN, J., MASON, H., SEYFANG, A. et al. Spectrographic Examination of Chromatographic Columns. Nature 164, 916 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164916a0

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