Simple coprecipitation method combined with low-background γ-spectrometry: Determination of 7Be, 137Cs, 210Pb, and radium and thorium isotopes in small-volume coastal water samples

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 713-717

  Nakano, Yusuke ^a   Inoue, Mutsuo ^a   Komura, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical yield; Coastal water; Coprecipitation method; Low background spectrometry; Radionuclide

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 52749090532     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0060-y     Document Type: Article

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