Evaluation of different parameters affecting the liquid scintillation spectrometry measurement of gross alpha and beta index in water samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1274-1281

  Palomo, M ^a   Villa, M ^b   Casacuberta, N ^c   Penalver A ^a   Borrull, F ^a   Aguilar, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gross alpha; Gross beta; Interference corrections; Liquid scintillation counting; Quenching effects; Salinity

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; SCINTILLATION; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

GROSS ALPHA; GROSS BETA; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; QUENCHING EFFECT; SALINITY;

QUENCHING;

DRINKING WATER; NITRIC ACID; RIVER WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; LIQUID SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 79957594333     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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