Low-level measurement with a noble gas mass spectrometer for organically bound tritium in environmental samples

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1256-1259

  Kakiuchi, H ^a   Hasegawa, H ^a   Akata, N ^a   Tamari, T ^b   Kawamura, H ^b   Baglan, N ^c   Momoshimad, N ^d   Udae, T ^e   Hisamatsu, S ^a  

^a Intituefor Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^b Kyushu Environ Eval Association   (Japan)

^c CEA/DIF/DASE/SRCE   (France)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACKGROUND LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GAS MASS SPECTROMETERS; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; LOW-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS; ORGANICALLY BOUND TRITIUM; PRE-TREATMENT;

INERT GASES;

EID: 82055167523     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST11-A12658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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