Mass spectrometric determination of transuranium elements

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 491-514

  Betti, Maria ^a   de las Heras, Laura Aldave ^a   Tamborini, Gabriele ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bulk samples; Isotopic ratios; Mass spectrometry; Microparticles; Transuranium elements

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GLOW DISCHARGES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IONIZATION; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM;

BULK SAMPLES; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MICROPARTICLES;

TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

EID: 33747350574     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400600809292     Document Type: Article

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