Determination of plutonium isotopes in freshwater lake sediments by sector-field ICP-MS after separation using ion-exchange chromatography

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1138-1145

  Liao, Haiqing ^a,b,c   Zheng, Jian ^b   Wu, Fengchang ^a   Yamada, Masatoshi ^b   Tan, Mingguang ^d   Chen, Jianmin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

ICP SF MS; Isotopic ratio; Lake sediments; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; PLUTONIUM; SEPARATION; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAKE SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

ANION EXCHANGE RESIN; FRESH WATER; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE SEDIMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 44449167569     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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