Trace element determination in thorium oxide using total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Misra, N L ^a   Dhara, Sangita ^a   Adya, V C ^a   Godbole, S V ^a   Singh Mudher, K D ^a   Aggarwal, S K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Nuclear fuel; Thorium oxide; Trace elements; TXRF

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR FUELS; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MULTIELEMENT STANDARD SOLUTION; THORIUM OXIDE;

OXIDES;

EID: 38049075313     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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