Helium-3 mass spectrometry for low-level tritium analysis of environmental samples
Conference
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OSTI ID:5637529
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; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5637529
- 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
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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RADIATION DETECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS
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SAMPLING
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