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Determination of237Np in environmental samples using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

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A new analytical technique using ICP-MS was applied to the determination of237Np in some environmental samples. The accuracy and precision of the new method were assessed by comparison with those of conventional NAA and α-spectrometric method as well as by analysis of the intercomparison sample of Ravenglass NRPB silt. The results obtained by ICP-MS were in good agreement with those by NAA or α-spectrometry at a relative deviation of 2–9%. The detection limit is 0.02 mBq/ml (26 mBq=1 ng).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, (Japan)

    Chang-Kyu Kim & N. Ikeda

  2. Marubun Co., Odenma-cho 8-1, Nihonbashi, Chuo-Ku, 103, Tokyo, (Japan)

    A. Takaku

  3. Low-Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Kanazawa University, Wake, 923-12, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa, (Japan)

    M. Yamamoto

  4. Division of Radioecology, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Isozaki 3609, 311-12, Nakaminato, Ibaraki, (Japan)

    H. Kawamura, K. Shiraishi & Y. Igarashi

  5. Fukui Prefectral Institute of Public Health, 910, Fukui, (Japan)

    S. Igarashi & H. Takayama

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Kim, CK., Takaku, A., Yamamoto, M. et al. Determination of237Np in environmental samples using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 132, 131–137 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02060985

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