Development and application of Marinelli beaker standards for monitoring radioactivity in Dairy-Products by gamma-ray spectrometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1437-1441

  Lavi, N ^a   Alfassi, Z B ^b  

^a Environment Services Company Ltd   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Marinelli beaker; Milk; Radioactive standards

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; DETECTORS; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

ENERGY DEPENDENCE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; PARABOLIC CORRELATION; RADIOCESIUM;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

CESIUM; POTASSIUM 42; RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; GUIDELINES; RADIOISOTOPES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 4544379594     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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