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Methods for studying anthropogenic environmental pollution with platinum group metals (Review)

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A review of the published works on the use of different methods of analysis for studying anthropogenic pollution of environmental objects with platinum group metals (PGMs) for 2011–2013 is presented. The results of the recent studies on the content of PGMs in environmental objects of big cities are provided.

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    L. P. Zhitenko

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  3. Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies, Moscow, Russia

    E. G. Khomutova

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Original Russian Text © L.P. Zhitenko, I.N. Kiseleva, E.G. Khomutova, 2015, published in Zavodskaya Laboratoriya, Diagnostika Materialov, 2015, Vol. 81, No. 3, pp. 5–11.

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Zhitenko, L.P., Kiseleva, I.N. & Khomutova, E.G. Methods for studying anthropogenic environmental pollution with platinum group metals (Review). Inorg Mater 52, 1370–1376 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168516140156

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