Spectral interference corrections for the measurement of 238U in materials rich in thorium by a high resolution γ-ray spectrometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2049-2056

  Yucel H ^a   Solmaz, A N ^b   Kose E ^b   Bor, D ^b  

^a TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ray spectrometry; Correction; Self absorption; Spectral interference; Thorium (232Th); True coincidence summing; Uranium (238U)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RESULTS; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; COINCIDENCE-SUMMING; CORRECTION; CORRECTION METHOD; GE DETECTORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; PEAK AREA; RADIATION DOSE; SELF-ABSORPTION; SPECTRAL INTERFERENCE; SPECTRAL INTERFERENCE CORRECTION; TRUE COINCIDENCE SUMMING;

ABSORPTION; GERMANIUM; SPECTROMETRY; THORIUM; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

GERMANIUM; THORIUM; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 69749099370     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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