Activity standardization of 22Na

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 865-871

  Nahle O ^a   Kossert, K ^a   Klein, R ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

22Na; Activity standardization; Coincidence counting; Liquid scintillation counting

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALIBRATED IONIZATION; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE SYSTEM (SIR); LIQUID SCINTILLATION;

GAMMA RAYS;

SODIUM 22;

ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 43049126426     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.028     Document Type: Article

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