Gamma-ray methods for determining natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in environmental and soil science
Journal Article
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· Radioactivity and Radiochemistry
OSTI ID:466382
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
- Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
Gamma-ray methods for the determination of radionuclides in environmental materials are convenient because they generally require less bench-top preparation time than, for example, determinations based on alpha-particle pulse-height analysis. Also, parallel measurements of chemical yield are not needed, and typically several radionuclides can be determined simultaneously. In this paper, the authors review gamma-ray methods currently in use at Brookhaven, and present a new method for the determination of the radionuclide protactinium-231 in soils and other environmental materials, using the gamma-ray deconvolution package in the EG&G Ortec {open_quotes}Gammavision{close_quotes} software.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 466382
- Journal Information:
- Radioactivity and Radiochemistry, Vol. 8, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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