Development of a method for the determination of 226Ra by liquid scintillation counting |
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Authors: | U. Repinc L. Benedik |
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Affiliation: | (1) Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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Abstract: | Liquid scintillation counting has not been widely applied to a-particle detection because of its poor energy resolution and variable background. In the present work, a time saving and reasonably accurate method for determination of 226Ra in water has been developed, using liquid scintillation spectrometry and pulse-shape analysis. The effect of three levels of chemical quench on the spillover of alpha interactions into the beta window and vice versa was assessed. The advantages of liquid scintillation in comparison with other methods (radon emanation) for determination of 226Ra are the high counting efficiency (~100%) and the easier sample preparation, with no need for sample preconcentration. |
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