EDXRF analysis of municipal solid waste using 109Cd source

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 512-516

  Gupta, D ^a   Chatterjee, J M ^b   Ghosh, R ^a   Mitra, A K ^a   Roy, S ^a   Sarkar, M ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^b Spark Steel and Economy Research Center ^*  (India)

Author keywords

EDXRF; Elemental analysis; Environment; Municipal solid wastes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

DUMPING SITES; EDXRF; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); RADIOACTIVE SOURCES;

SOLID WASTES;

CADMIUM 109; IRON; LEAD; TITANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY FLUORESCENCE; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CADMIUM RADIOISOTOPES; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 33847768360     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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