Simultaneous determination of radium and uranium activities in natural water samples using liquid scintillation counting

Analyst

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 399-403

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

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental radioactivity; Liquid scintillation counting; Natural water; Radium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

RADIUM; RIVER WATER; URANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FILTRATION; FLUOROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SCINTILLATION;

EID: 0031892266     PISSN: 00032654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a704756h     Document Type: Article

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