Concerning the low uranium and thorium yields in the electrodeposition process of soil and sediment analyses

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-33

  Rodriguez P Blanco ^a   Tome F Vera ^a   Lozano, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrodeposition; Soil; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; SEDIMENTS; SEPARATION; SOILS; THORIUM;

CHEMICAL INTERFERENCE; HEAVY ELEMENTS;

URANIUM;

ALUMINUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ALUMINUM; ARTIFACTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 0035864226     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00192-5     Document Type: Article

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