Analysis of Environmental Radionuclides

Series Editor:
  • M. Baxter, Isle of Seil, Argyll, UK
By
  • Pavel Povinec, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Audience
graduate and postgraduate students, researchers in universities and in environmental institutes who are using radionuclides as tracers for studying environmental processes.

Hardbound, 538 Pages

Published: November 2007

Imprint: Elsevier

ISBN: 978-0-08-044988-3

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.

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