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VacuSIP, an Improved InEx Method for In Situ Measurement of Particulate and Dissolved Compounds Processed by Active Suspension Feeders
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Out of the liquid-into the vacuum
1Institut für Funktionelle Grenzflächen, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, michael.grunze@kit.edu.
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