A radium assay technique using hydrous titanium oxide adsorbent for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 501, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 386-398

  Andersen, T C ^a   Black, R A ^b   Blevis, I ^c   Boger, J ^d   Bonvin, E ^e   Chen, M ^c   Cleveland, B T ^b   Dai, X ^b   Dalnoki Veress, F ^c   Doucas, G ^b   Farine, J ^c   Fergani, H ^b   Fowler, M M ^f   Hahn, R L ^d   Hallman, E D ^g   Hargrove, C K ^c   Heron, H ^b   Hooper, E ^b   Howard, K H ^b   Jagam, P ^a   Jelley, N A ^b   Knox, A B ^b   Lee, H W ^e   Levine, I ^c   Locke, W ^b   Majerus, S ^b   McFarlane, K ^c   McGregor, G ^b   Miller, G G ^f   Moorhead, M ^b   Noble, A J ^c   Omori, M ^b   Rowley, J K ^d   Shatkay, M ^c   Shewchuk, C ^c   Simpson, J J ^a   Sinclair, D ^c   Tanner, N W ^b   Taplin, R K ^b   Trent, P T ^b   Wang, J X ^a   Wilhelmy, J B ^f   Yeh, M ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Radioactivity assay; SNO; Solar neutrino; Water purification

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ION EXCHANGE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIOACTIVITY; TITANIUM OXIDES;

WATER PURIFICATION;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0345382570     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01925-3     Document Type: Article

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