A sensitive method for the determination of chlorine-36 in foods using accelerator mass spectrometry

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-144

  Baxter, M ^a   Castle, L ^a   Crews, H M ^a   Rose, M ^a   Garner, C ^b   Lappin, G ^b   Leong, D ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Xceleron Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Analysis; Chlorine 36; Foods

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE 36; SILVER CHLORIDE; SULFUR; CHLORINE;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; BLACKBERRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PROCEDURES; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHLORINE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FRUIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 58949091457     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802342489     Document Type: Article

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