Preparation and activity measurement of electrodeposited alpha-emitting sources

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1260-1264

  Lee, K B ^a   Man Lee, Jong ^a   Soon Park, Tae ^a   Oh, Phil Je ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2 proportional counter; 238Pu and 241Am; Backscattering; Electrodeposition

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROLYTES; LIGHT SOURCES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; STAINLESS STEEL;

2Π Α PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; 2/PU AND24/AM; ACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; BACKSCATTERING CHAMBERS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

AMERICIUM 241; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM OXALATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ELECTROLYTE; OXALIC ACID; PENTETIC ACID; PLUTONIUM 238; STAINLESS STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ALPHA PARTICLES; AMERICIUM; ELECTROPLATING; GUIDELINES; KOREA; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33751087753     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.090     Document Type: Article

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