DETERMINATION OF VERY-LOW LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY - (TECHNICAL REPORT)

Citation
I. Zvara et al., DETERMINATION OF VERY-LOW LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY - (TECHNICAL REPORT), Pure and applied chemistry, 66(12), 1994, pp. 2537-2586
Citations number
103
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
ISSN journal
00334545
Volume
66
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2537 - 2586
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-4545(1994)66:12<2537:DOVLOR>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This evaluation of techniques, apparatus, and dedicated facilities for measurement of very low levels of radioactivity is addressed to the l arge community of researchers who use radioactive tracers, make activa tion analyses, etc, and may occasionally face the problem of measuring an activity well below the level accessible with standard commercial equipment. Emphasis is put on the instrumental gamma-spectrometric ass ay of complex mixtures of radionuclides, on the spectrometric measurem ents of alpha activities in relatively massive samples, and on countin g spontaneous fission events in samples of large mass and/or volume. A list of institutions and agencies which are active in developing low- level counting methods is given.