3He mass spectrometry for very low-level measurement of organic tritium in environmental samples

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-190

  Jean Baptiste, P ^a   Fourre E ^a   Dapoigny, A ^a   Baumier, D ^a   Baglan, N ^b   Alanic, G ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Helium 3; Mass spectrometry; OBT; Tritium

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION TIME; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS; BETA COUNTING; DETECTION LIMITS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GRASS SAMPLE; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HELIUM-3; HIGH VACUUM; INTERCOMPARISONS; LIQUID SCINTILLATION; LOWER DETECTION LIMIT; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RISK OF CONTAMINATION; SAMPLE SIZES; TRITIUM CONCENTRATION; WATER EQUIVALENT;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

TRITIUM;

HELIUM; HELIUM 3; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DESIGN; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION; TRITIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FREEZE DRYING; GRASS; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DESIGN; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SAMPLE SIZE;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM;

EID: 73249141890     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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