A comparison of four aqueous-miscible liquid scintillation cocktails with an alpha/beta discriminating Wallac 1415 liquid scintillation counter

Health Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  DeVol, T A ^a   Brown, D D ^b   Leyba, J D ^c   Fjeld, R A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dames and Moore   (United States)

^c Rust Federal Services   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha particles; beta particles; liquid scintillation; liquid scintillation cocktail

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION PHYSICS;

EID: 0030048030     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199601000-00007     Document Type: Article

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