Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5477730 | Journal of Environmental Radioactivity | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
A procedure for the determination of 90Sr in environmental water samples using Äerenkov radiation and low-level liquid scintillation counter Quantulus 1220 was applied and optimized. Low diffusion polyethylene vials, high performance glass counting vials and low potassium borosilicate glass vilas of 20 ml volume (all from PerkinElmer) were used in order to examine their potential effect on counting process. The derived efficiencies were 45.86(9)%, and a minimum detectable activity of 0.32 Bq lâ1 in a 20 ml polyethylene vial (20 ml water sample) has been achieved during 300 min of measurement. Environmental water samples might be colored and this will lead to color quenching, which one of the most important problems that affect Äerenkov is counting (Mosqueda et al., 2005). The sample channel ratio (SCR) method has been applied to correct this effect. The analytical procedures and measurement techniques were tested by participating in the IAEA-TEL-2015-03 world-wide proficiency test on determination of 90Sr in water sample.
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Authors
NataÅ¡a TodoroviÄ, Ivana StojkoviÄ, Jovana Nikolov, Branislava TenjoviÄ,