Automated measurement of 224Ra and 226Ra in water

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 428-434

  Dimova, N ^a   Burnett, W C ^a   Horwitz, E P ^b   Lane Smith, D ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PG Research Foundation Inc   (United States)

^c DURRIDGE Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated measurements; Drinking water; Radium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; AUTOMATED MEASUREMENTS; DRYING SYSTEMS; GAS-TIGHT GLASS CARTRIDGE; RADIUM ISOTOPES;

LIGHT EMISSION; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; WATER TREATMENT;

RADIUM;

MANGANESE DIOXIDE; POLONIUM; POLONIUM 214; POLONIUM 218; RADIUM; RADON; RADON 219; RADON 220; RADON 222; RADON 224; RADON 226; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; OXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPECTROMETRY; STANDARD; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33846626324     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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