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An overview is given of the recent applications of micro-analytical techniques to single particle environmental research performed at the University of Antwerp since 1990. Automated electron probe X-ray micro-analysis, laser microprobe mass spectrometry and micro-particle induced X-ray emission are the techniques most used for aerosol, aqueous suspension and sediment characterisation. Other techniques like scanning transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, Fourier transform infra red microscopy and secondary ion mass spectrometry have only recently been implemented into environmental research.
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Jambers, W., De Bock, L. & Van Grieken, R. Applications of micro-analysis to individual environmental particles. Fresenius J Anal Chem 355, 521–527 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0021663550521
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s0021663550521