Determination of Strontium-90 in environmental samples containing thorium

Analyst

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1313-1317

  Tinker, R A ^a   Smith, J D ^a   Cooper, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Cerenkov counting; Liquid scintillation counting; Sediment; Soil; Solvent extraction; Strontium 90

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; THORIUM; TOLUENE; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; YTTRIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARD;

EID: 0030727562     PISSN: 00032654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a701252g     Document Type: Article

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