Characterisation of reference materials for radioactivity with assigned values traceable to the SI units

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 395-399

  Altzitzoglou, T ^a   Sibbens, G ^a   Bickel, M ^a   Bohnstedt, A ^a   Decaillon, J G ^a   Hill, C ^a   Holmes, L ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

particle spectrometry; ray spectrometry; Certified reference materials; Chemical separations; Liquid scintillation counting; Nuclear; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOACTIVITY; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

INTERCOMPARISON MATERIALS; PROPERTY VALUES; REFERENCE MATERIALS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; NUCLEAR SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2942572810     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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