Demonstrating the metrological compatibility of uranium isotope amount ratio measurement results obtained by GSMS, TIMS and MC-ICPMS techniques

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-54

  Pereira de Oliveira Jr , O ^a   De Bolle, W ^b   Alonso, A ^b   Richter, S ^b   Wellum, R ^b   Ponzevera, E ^c   Sarkis, J E S ^a   Kessel, R ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified isotope reference materials; GSMS; MC ICPMS; TIMS; Uranium isotope amount ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949107315     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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