Development of an organically bound tritium standard

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 389-393

  Harms, A V ^a   Jerome, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liquid scintillation counting; Organically bound tritium standard; Secondary standardisation; Tritiated thymidine

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; QUENCHING; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEAWATER; STANDARDIZATION; WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; MARINE ORGANISMS; ORGANICALLY BOUND TRITIUM (OBT); QUENCH CURVES;

TRITIUM;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SEA POLLUTION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER STANDARD;

EID: 2942610596     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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