Korshun method

Korshun method

[′kȯr·shən ‚meth·əd]

(analytical chemistry)

Microdetermination of carbon and hydrogen in organic compounds; the sample is prepyrolyzed (cracked) in a shortage of oxygen, then oxidized in an excess of oxygen.

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