Construction and implementation of the NIST triple-to-double coincidence ratio (TDCR) spectrometer

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 433-438

  Zimmerman, B E ^a   Colle R ^a   Cessna, J T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid scintillation counting; Standardization; TDCR

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NICKEL; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETERS;

STANDARD UNCERTAINTY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

PALLADIUM 103; TRITIUM; TRITIUM OXIDE; YTTRIUM 90;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 1342329469     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.11.055     Document Type: Article

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