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Measurement of tritium by beta-ray excited fluorescent X-ray counting

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Tritium content in tritiated titanium was measured by the method of fluorescent X-ray detection with an intrinsic Ge detector. The conventional method of setting region-of-interest of overlapped X-ray peaks was developed. The Ti Kα and Kβ X-ray peak profile of3H/Ti was compared with that of V-49 electron capture standard source. Effect of geometry and sample thickness on peak profile was discussed. Detection limit in this method was 0.187 GBq of tritium.

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  1. Kurokami Radioisotope Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, 860, Kumamoto, Japan

    T. Kishikawa, H. Baba & N. Urabe

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Kishikawa, T., Baba, H. & Urabe, N. Measurement of tritium by beta-ray excited fluorescent X-ray counting. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 85, 33–44 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02165152

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