Cocktail mismatch effects in 4πβ liquid scintillation spectrometry: Implications based on the systematics of 3H detection efficiency and quench indicating parameter variations with total cocktail mass (volume) and H2O fraction

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 833-842

  Colle R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; ERROR ANALYSIS; QUENCHING; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STANDARDIZATION; TRACE ANALYSIS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WATER;

LIQUID SCINTILLATION (LS) SPECTROMETRY; QUENCH INDICATING PARAMETERS (QIP);

TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0031172168     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00288-6     Document Type: Article

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