Application of ICP-QMS for the determination of ultratrace-levels of 226Ra in geothermal water and sediment samples

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Tsai, Tsuey Lin ^a   Lin, Chun Chih ^b   Wang, Tsung Yuan ^a   Wei, Hwa Jou ^a   Men, Lee Chung ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

226Ra; Coprecipitation; Geothermal water; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS); Sediment

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; RADIUM 226; RADON; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITATION; PROGENY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 78449310457     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-010-0625-2     Document Type: Article

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