Development of extraction chromatographic separation procedures for the simultaneous determination of actinides

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Vajda, N ^a   Torvenyi A ^b   Kis Benedek, G ^b   Kim, C K ^b  

^a RadAnal Ltd   (Hungary)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Spectrometry; Actinides; ICP MS

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349089987     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2009.1574     Document Type: Article

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