Effect of quench on alpha/beta pulse shape discrimination of liquid scintillation cocktails

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 5 SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  DeVol, Timothy A ^a   Theisen, Christopher D ^a   DiPrete, David P ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instruments; Liquid scintillation; Liquid scintillation cocktail; Operational topics

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; DYE; NITRIC ACID; NITROMETHANE; PLUTONIUM 239; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BETA PARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 34247397535     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000256287.37767.5c     Document Type: Article

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