Procedure for Simultaneous Determination of 223,224,226,228Ra by Alpha and Gamma Spectrometry

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Baeza, A ^a   Del Rio L M ^a   Jimenez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fresh water; Radium isotopes; Spectrum analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002426921     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1998.83.2.53     Document Type: Article

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