Uranium determination in water samples with elevated salinity from Southern Poland by micro coprecipitation using alpha spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-205

  Jobbágy, Viktor ^a   Chmielewska, Izabela ^b   Kovács, Tibor ^c   Chałupnik, Stanislaw ^b  

^a Social Organization for Radioecological Cleanliness   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL MINING INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry mineral water; Dose assessment; Extraction chromatography; Micro coprecipitation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350044852     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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