An improved method for 85Kr analysis by liquid scintillation counting and its application to atmospheric 85Kr determination

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 615-621

  Momoshima, Noriyuki ^a   Inoue, Fumio ^a   Sugihara, Shinji ^a   Shimada, Jun ^b   Taniguchi, Makoto ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analysis; Atmosphere; Background level; Kr 85; Liquid scintillation counting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CHARCOAL; ANALYTICAL CONDITIONS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; AVERAGE VALUES; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; COUNT RATES; COUNTING EFFICIENCY; DETECTION LIMITS; DRY ICE; FUKUOKA , JAPAN; IMPROVED METHODS; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PROPAGATION ERROR; QUARTZ GLASS; RATE OF INCREASE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DOSIMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT EMISSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

KRYPTON;

CHARCOAL; ICE; KRIPTON 85; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KRYPTON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KRYPTON;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS FLOW; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE; AIR POLLUTANT; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; JAPAN; KRYPTON RADIOISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RADIATION MONITORING; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 77953026479     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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