Determination of thorium and uranium in solution by laser-induced breakdown spectrometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 2008, Pages

  Sarkar, Arnab ^a   Alamelu, Devanathan ^a   Aggarwal, Suresh Kumar ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM;

ANALYSIS PROCESS; CALIBRATION CURVES; EXPECTED VALUES; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROMETRIES; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MEMBRANE-BASED; PARTS PER MILLIONS; SPECTRAL INTERFERENCE;

THORIUM;

EID: 60649098799     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000G58     Document Type: Article

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