Micro-column solid phase extraction to determine uranium and thorium in environmental samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1097-1103

  Tsai, Tsuey Lin ^a,b   Lin, Chun Chih ^c   Chu, Tieh Chi ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^c NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extraction chromatography; Geothermal water; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROPLATING; EXTRACTION; FILTRATION; GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES; RESINS; THORIUM;

ALPHA-SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL RECOVERY; GEOTHERMAL WATER;

URANIUM;

RADIOISOTOPE; RESIN; SOLVENT; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; FILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TAIWAN;

RADIOISOTOPES; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 44649122646     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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