Thorium determination by liquid scintillation counting using an extractive cocktail

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Wallner, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA RAY SPECTROMETERS; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SULFURIC ACID;

LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS;

THORIUM;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID; THORIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; BETA RADIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCRETION; EXTRACTION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030848116     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00095-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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