Microwaves: Theoretical and practical aspects Andrea Marchetti and Simona Sighinolfi
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Changing in the microwave digestion vessels, and related safety controls, during the last thirty years Elia Boffelli
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Use of microwave energy for assisting analytical procedures Antonio Moreda-Piñeiro, Elena Peña-Vázquez and Pilar Bermejo-Barrera
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Microwave digestion procedures for human matrices: Principles and applications to metal analysis Beatrice Bocca and Giovanni Forte
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Closed microwave sample preparation of biological tissues and sediments for measurement of trace elements and metalloid species by ICPMS W. Maher, S. Foster, F. Krikowa, P. Snitch and D. Barclay
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Optimization of microwave assisted digestion procedure by means of chemometric tools Marina Cocchi, Caterina Durante, Andrea Marchetti, Mario Li Vigni, Carlo Baschieri, Lucia Bertacchini, Simona Sighinolfi, Lorenzo Tassi and Sara Totaro
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Focused microwave-assisted Soxhlet extraction M. D. Luque de Castro and F. Priego-Capote
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Sample preparation for spectroanalytical determinations based on microwave-assisted procedures: An alternative towards greener strategies Mário H. Gonzalez, Eveline A. Menezez, Wladiana O. Matos, Silmara R. Bianchi, Ana Rita A. Nogueira and Joaquim A. Nóbrega
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