63Ni, its half-life and standardization: Revisited

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-68

  Colle R ^a   Zimmerman, B E ^a   Cassette, P ^b   Laureano Perez, L ^a  

^a National Institute of Standard and Technology   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE NATIONAL HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

Author keywords

Efficiency tracing; Liquid scintillation; LNHB; Nickel 63; NIST; Radioactivity; Standards; TDCR

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EFFICIENCY TRACING; LIQUID SCINTILLATION; NICKEL-63; TRIPLE-TO-DOUBLE COINCIDENCE RATIO (TDCR);

NICKEL;

NICKEL 63;

ARTICLE; DRUG HALF LIFE; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 36148942473     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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