Determination of radiostrontium isotopes: A review of analytical methodology

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2306-2326

  Vajda, Nóra ^a   Kim, Chang Kyu ^b  

^a RadAnal Ltd   (Hungary)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

counting; spectrometry; Mass spectrometry; Sr 89; Sr 90; Y 90

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; BETA COUNTING; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; HIGH SELECTIVITY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY; MEASURING TECHNIQUE; PROCESS SOLUTIONS; RADIOCHEMICAL PROCEDURES; SELECTIVE PRECIPITATION; SPECTROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SR-89; SR-90; Y-90;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY; STRONTIUM; YTTRIUM;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ACTINIDE; STRONTIUM 89; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 77956414380     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.05.013     Document Type: Review

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