Spectrophotometric estimation of cobalt with ninhydrin

Karamat Mahmood1, Feroza Hamid Wattoo, Muhammad Hamid Sarwar Wattoo

  • 1Department of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.

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