Accelerator mass spectrometry analyses of environmental radionuclides: Sensitivity, precision and standardisation

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 31-37

  Hotchkis, Michael ^a   Fink, David ^a   Tuniz, Claudio ^a   Vogt, Stephan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

10Be; 129I; 14C; 26Al; 36Cl; 41Ca; Accelerator mass spectrometry; Precision; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHLORINE; IODINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOISOTOPES;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY (AMS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIONUCLIDES;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; CARBON 14; CHLORINE 36; IODINE 129;

ACCURACY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034662414     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00186-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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