Improved automated analysis of radon (222Rn) and thoron ( 220Rn) in natural waters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8599-8603

  Dimova, Natasha ^a   Burnett, William C ^a   Lane Smith, Derek ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURRIDGE Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NATURAL RADON; NATURAL WATERS; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER DETECTION; WATER FLOW RATE; WATER INTERACTIONS;

AUTOMATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY;

RADON;

RADON 220; RADON 222; SURFACE WATER;

AIRFLOW; AUTOMATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIPELINE; RADON ISOTOPE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER FLOW;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

AUTOMATION; FRESH WATER; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 72249118187     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902045c     Document Type: Article

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