Qualitative and quantitative determination of trace aldehydes and ketones in food preservative propionic acid for

Yiwen Cao1, Shenjie Zhu1, Lin Zhang1

  • 1College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China. cuiqun@njtech.edu.cn haiyanwang@njtech.edu.cn.

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