Improvement in radiochemical and γ-counting procedures for the determination of 234Th in seawater

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 88, Issue 36739, 2000, Pages 459-463

  Schmidt, S ^a   Reyss, J L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

229Th yield tracer; 234Th; Anionic exchange; Gamma spectrometry; Radiochemistry; Seawater

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; THORIUM; TRACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; RADIOCHEMISTRY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033659845     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2000.88.8.459     Document Type: Article

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