Characterisation of the IAEA-152 milk powder reference material for radioactivity with assigned values traceable to the SI units

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1702-1705

  Altzitzoglou, T ^a   Bohnstedt, A ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Certified reference materials; Chemical separations; Gamma ray spectrometry; Liquid scintillation counting; Radioactivity; SI units; Traceability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; METRIC SYSTEM; MODERNIZATION; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIOISOTOPES;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; CHARACTERISATION; CHEMICAL SEPARATIONS; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MILK POWDERS; RADIOACTIVITY; REFERENCE MATERIAL; REFERENCE MATERIALS; RESEARCH PROJECTS; SI UNITS; TRACEABILITY;

LOUDSPEAKERS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; STRONTIUM 90;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS; INTERNATIONALITY; MILK; POWDERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50649123997     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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