Age determination of plutonium material by alpha spectrometry and thermal ionization mass spectrometry

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 327-331

  Zhang, H T ^a   Zhu, F R ^a   Xu, J ^a   Dai, Y H ^a   Li, D M ^a   Yi, X W ^a   Zhang, L X ^a   Zhao, Y G ^b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

Author keywords

Age determination; Alpha spectrometry; Plutonium; Thermal ionization mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149095573     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2008.1499     Document Type: Article

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