Self-absorption correction for beta radioactivity measurements in water samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 693-702

  Pujol, Ll ^a,b   Suarez Navarro, J A ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b Aplicaciones Isotópicas ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); RADIOISOTOPES;

BETA RADIOACTIVITY; SELF-ABSORPTION CORRECTIONS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CARBONIC ACID; NITRATE; POTASSIUM 40; POTASSIUM SALT; RADIOISOTOPE; SODIUM; STRONTIUM 90; SULFATE; YTTRIUM 90;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CALIBRATION; ENERGY; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION MONITORING; STANDARD; THICKNESS; WATER SAMPLING;

ABSORPTION; BETA RAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 1842738348     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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