Standardization of 63Ni by 4πβ liquid scintillation spectrometry with 3H-standard efficiency tracing

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 455-477

  Zimmerman, B E ^a,b   Colle R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NIST Physics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta counting; CIEMAT NIST Method; Liquid scintillation; Nickel 63; Radioactivity; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011325953     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.102.031     Document Type: Article

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