Liquid scintillation counting of tritium in small volumes of scintillator solution

Conference · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5040346

Horrocks, D L

Modern scintillator solutions for counting aqueous samples are designed to hold up to their equivalent volume of water. Thus, in experiments where the aqueous sample is only 5 to 50 ..mu..l of total volume, it is not necessary to use 10 ml of scintillator solution. This paper presents results showing that 200 ..mu..l of volume (sample plus scintillator solution) can be measured and the amount of tritium (disintegrations per minute, (dpm)) determined. All samples were measured on either a Beckman LS 6800 or LS 2800 with dpm data reduction and using Hnumber as the quench monitoring means.

• Research Organization: Beckman Instruments, Inc. SmithKline Beckman Corporation, Irvine, CA
• OSTI ID: 5040346
• Report Number(s): CONF-831047-
• Journal Information: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 45; ISSN TANSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
COMPTON EFFECT
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DETECTION
DISPERSIONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INTERACTIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MIXTURES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLASTICS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
SCATTERING
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SCINTILLATION COUNTING
SOLUTIONS
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
TRITIUM
VOLUME
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES