Development of Marinelli beaker standards containing thorium oxide and application for measurements of radioactive environmental samples

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-19

  Lavi, N ^a   Alfassi, Z B ^b  

^a Environment Services Company Ltd   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calibration; Detection limits for radionuclides; Marinelli beakers; NORM concentration; Th; Thorium standards; Validation of homogenization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CALIBRATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GAMMA RAYS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOISOTOPES;

MARINELLI BEAKERS; THORIUM OXIDES; THORIUM STANDARDS; VALIDATION OF HOMOGENIZATION;

THORIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 9544239354     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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