An improved radiochemical separation of uranium and thorium in environmental samples involving peroxide fusion

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-16

  Galindo, C ^a   Mougin, L ^a   Nourreddine, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Peroxide fusion; Radiochemical separation; Sediment; Soil; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FUSION REACTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; LATTICE CONSTANTS; PEROXIDES; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; THORIUM;

EXTRACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PEROXIDE FUSION; RADIOCHEMICAL SEPARATION;

URANIUM;

PEROXIDE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; PEROXIDES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 33845973343     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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