Radiostrontium and radium analysis in low-level environmental samples following a multi-stage semi-automated chromatographic sequential separation

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-17

  St Amant, Nadereh ^a   Whyte, Jeffrey C ^a   Rousseau, Marie Eve ^a   Lariviere, Dominic ^b   Kurt Ungar, R ^a   Johnson, Sonia ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

226Ra; 90Sr; Automation; Cerenkov; Chromatography; Liquid scintillation

Indexed keywords

226RA; 90SR; ACTIVITY-BASED; ANALYTES; CERENKOV; CERENKOV COUNTING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; INTERCOMPARISONS; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MATRIX; MINIMUM DETECTABLE CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI-STAGE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PURIFICATION PROCESS; SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURE; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SENSITIVE METHOD; SEQUENTIAL SEPARATION; SPIKED WATER SAMPLES; STRONG CATION EXCHANGES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

AUTOMATION; BARIUM; CESIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LIQUIDS; MAGNESIUM; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESINS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STRONTIUM;

RADIUM;

RADIUM 226; RADON 222; STRONTIUM 89; STRONTIUM 90;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WATER SAMPLING;

CANADA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; RADIUM; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 77958457875     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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