Analysis of environmental radionuclides /

The purpose of this book is to present a state of art summary of current knowledge of methods of assessment of radionuclides in the terrestrial and marine environments. It cover the traditional methods of radioactivity measurements such a radiometrics techniques, but also recent developments in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Povinec, P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2008.
Series:Radioactivity in the environment ; v. 11.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sample collection. 2. Treatment of environmental samples. 3. Radiochemical separation methods. 4. Sources of background and its reduction. 5. Radiometrics methods. 6. Underground counting laboratories. 7. In site methods. 8. Mass spectrometry methods. 9. Accelerator mass spectrometry. 10. Track detectors. 11. Neutron activation methods. 12. Statistical evaluation of data. 13. Quality assurance/quality control. 14. Methods for selected radioisotopes.