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Simultaneous determination of cationic surfactants and nonionic surfactants by ion-association titration

Tadao Sakai1, Norio Teshima, Yasufumi Takatori

  • 1Department of Applied Chemistry, Aichi Institute of Technology, 1247 Yachigusa, Yakusa-cho, Toyota 470-0392, Japan.

Analytical Sciences : the International Journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
|October 1, 2003
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