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Title: Helium-3 mass spectrometry for low-level tritium analysis of environmental samples

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OSTI ID:10127795

Helium-3 ({sup 3}He) mass spectrometry for the analysis of low-level tritium ({sup 3}H) concentrations in environmental sample matrices was compared with conventional low-level {beta}-decay counting methods. The mass-spectrometry method compared favorably, equaling or surpassing conventional decay-counting methods with respect to most criteria. Additional research and method refinements may make {sup 3}He mass spectrometry the method of choice for routine, low-level to very-low-level {sup 3}H measurements in a wide variety of environmental samples in the future.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
10127795
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-107042; CONF-910422-8; ON: DE92008937
Resource Relation:
Conference: International topical conference on methods and applications of radioanalytical chemistry II (MARC-2),Kona, HI (United States),21-27 Apr 1991; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English