The long-term stability on basic performances of a diisopropylnaphthalene-based liquid scintillation cocktail

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1536-1540

  Feng, Xiao gui ^a   He, Qian ge ^a   Wang, Jian chen ^a   Chen, Jing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

discrimination; Cocktail; Liquid scintillation counting; Quench; Stability

Indexed keywords

COCKTAIL; COUNT RATES; COUNTING EFFICIENCY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; LONG TERM STABILITY; QUENCH; STATISTICAL FLUCTUATIONS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GOLD; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

STABILITY;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; DIISOPROPYLNAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE; NEPTUNIUM 237; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PROMETHIUM 147; STRONTIUM 90; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTRIUM 90;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84862624938     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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