Fast concentration of dissolved forms of cesium radioisotopes from large seawater samples

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 841-846

  Kameník, Jan ^a   Dulaiova, Henrieta ^a   Šebesta, Ferdinand ^b   Šťastná, Kamila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cesium; Composite ion exchangers; Seawater

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; POLYACRYLONITRILE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIOACTIVITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84886947454     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-012-2007-4     Document Type: Article

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