Role of quenching on alpha/beta separation in liquid scintillation counting for several high capacity cocktails

Analyst

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-385

  Pujol, Lluís ^a   Sanchez Cabeza, Joan Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha beta separation; Environmental radioactivity; Liquid scintillation counting; Natural water

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030936533     PISSN: 00032654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a607952k     Document Type: Article

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