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A performance comparison of two kinds of liquid scintillation counters from PerkinElmer, Inc.

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The two kinds of liquid scintillation counters (LSCs) from PerkinElmer, Quantulus GCT 6220 and Quantulus 1220, have been compared on their basic performances, i.e., background count rate, counting efficiency, α/β discrimination, and instrument stability, by determining the radioactivity of the radionuclides of 3H, 14C, 241Am, 90Sr/90Y, 60Co, and 137Cs. Except for the highlight of Quantulus GCT 6220 in stability and that of Quantulus 1220 in background for α counting, the two kinds of LSCs are comparable in the basic performances to each other.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51425403).

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  1. Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Xiao-gui Feng, Qian-ge He, Jian-chen Wang, Jing Chen & Xue-gang Liu

  2. Analytical and Testing Center, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People’s Republic of China

    Guo-hua Jiang & Jian-hua Huang

  3. PerkinElmer, Beijing, 100015, People’s Republic of China

    Jian-yu Du

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Feng, Xg., Jiang, Gh., Huang, Jh. et al. A performance comparison of two kinds of liquid scintillation counters from PerkinElmer, Inc.. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 314, 629–635 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5428-2

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