Uranium and plutonium analysis of nuclear material samples by multi-collector thermal ionisation mass spectrometry: Quality control, measurement uncertainty, and metrological traceability

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 311, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-50

  Burger S ^a   Balsley, S D ^a   Baumann, S ^a   Berger, J ^a   Boulyga, S F ^a   Cunningham, J A ^a   Kappel, S ^b   Koepf, A ^a   Poths, J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Isotope ratio analysis; Metrological traceability; Multi collector TIMS; Quality control; Uncertainty in Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855967082     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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