New measurement of the half-life of 241Pu using isotope mass spectrometry

Metrologia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-31

  De Bievre P ^a   Verbruggen, A ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALF LIFE; ISOTOPE MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMERICIUM; DECOMPOSITION; IONS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PLUTONIUM;

EID: 0032653379     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/36/1/5     Document Type: Article

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