Comparison of radiometric and non-radiometric methods for uranium determination in groundwater of Punjab, India

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 395-405

  Sonali, P D B ^a   Ajay, K ^a   Priyanka, J R ^a   Rupali, K ^a   Rajesh, V K ^a   Rajvir, S ^a   Pradeepkumar, K S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

AdSV; Cerenkov counting; Groundwater; Liquid scintillation counting; Uranium

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

ADSORPTIVE STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; ARTICLE; CERENKOV COUNTING; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PH; POTENTIOMETRY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRIC DATING; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 84953354885     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-015-4132-3     Document Type: Article

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