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Differential reflectance spectrophotometry-I High-reflectance method for determination of micro amounts of substances

V T Lieu1, D F Zaye, M M Frodyma

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

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|September 1, 1969
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