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The use of ISE for checking the washing procedure prior to the INAA of calcium in hair

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An ion selective electrode was employed to check a possible calcium release from human hair when washing samples prior to their neutron activation. Preliminary measurements in TRIS buffer /pH 7.4/ demonstrated the portion Ca release to be of 3.3% out of the total Ca content.

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Pilecká, N., Rakovič, M. & Obrusnik, I. The use of ISE for checking the washing procedure prior to the INAA of calcium in hair. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 118, 277–282 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02167373

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