Rapid analytical technique to identify alpha emitting isotopes in water, air-filters, urine, and solid matrices using a Frisch Grid detector

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 492-501

  Scarpitta, Salvatore C ^a   Miltenberger, Robert P ^b   Gaschott, Robert ^a   Carte, Nina ^c  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector, alpha; Ionization chambers; Matrices; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; ISOTOPE LABELING; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALPHA PARTICLES; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; DUST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TRANSDUCERS; URINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0345701264     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200304000-00009     Document Type: Article

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