Determination of plutonium isotopes in seawater reference materials using isotope-dilution ICP-MS

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1944-1948

  Zheng, Jian ^a   Yamada, Masatoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isotopic ratio; Plutonium; Reference material; Seawater; SF ICP MS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY ANALYSIS; ACTIVITY RATIOS; ATOM RATIO; CHEMICAL YIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; INFORMATION VALUE; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; ISOTOPE DILUTIONS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MASS DISCRIMINATION; METHOD VALIDATIONS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SECTOR FIELD INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES; SF-ICP-MS;

ATOMS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; SEAWATER;

ISOTOPES;

PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM 241; PLUTONIUM 242; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 238;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REFERENCE DATABASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

HALF-LIFE; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84864120162     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.049     Document Type: Article

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