ICP-MS analysis of environmental plutonium

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2001, Pages 63-77

  Muramatsu, Yasuyuki ^a,c   Yoshida, Satoshi ^a,c   Tagami, Keiko ^a,c   Uchida, Shigeo ^a,c   Rtihm, Werner ^b,c  

^a Environmental and Toxicological Sciences Research Group

^b nagawa 4 9 1   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical separation; Environment; ICP MS analysis; Isotope ratio; Plutonium; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949153153     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(01)80007-3     Document Type: Article

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