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Chemical composition and binary mixture of human urinary stones using FT-Raman spectroscopy method

R Selvaraju1, A Raja, G Thiruppathi

  • 1Department of Engineering Physics, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India. drselvarajufeatau@gmail.com

Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
|July 3, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
Chemical compoundsFT-Raman spectroscopyHuman urinary stoneQuantitative analysis

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