Analysis of detection-efficiency variation techniques for the implementation of the TDCR method in liquid scintillation counting

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 643-648

  Cassette, P ^a   Broda, R ^b   Hainos, D ^a   Terlikowska, T ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUENCHING; RADIATION COUNTERS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DETECTION EFFICIENCY VARIATION TECHNIQUES; IONISATION QUENCHING; TRIPLE TO DOUBLE COINCIDENCE RATIO;

SCINTILLATION;

CARBON 14; NICKEL 63; RADIOISOTOPE; TRITIUM;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034160025     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00224-9     Document Type: Article

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