Radiochemical separation of actinides from environmental samples for determination with DF-ICP-MS and alpha spectrometry

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 249-257

  Ayranov, Marin ^a   Krähenbühl, Urs ^b   Sahli, Hans ^c   Röllin, Stefan ^c   Burger, Mario ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c AC Laboratory   (Switzerland)

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EID: 19144365306     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.93.5.249.64278     Document Type: Article

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