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Evaluation of the uranium concentration in rocks at the μg/g level by a low-background Geiger-Müller counter

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A low-background β-counter and a simple direct method, based on total β-counting, have been developed in order to estimate the concentration of uranium at the μg/g level in ordinary rock samples. The method is a relative one; international standards have been used for calibration. Only 3 g of rock powder is needed. Combining this method with γ-spectrometry, direct determination of238U (independently of226Ra) becomes possible near the above concentration level.

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  1. Isotope Laboratory, Kossuth University, P.O. Box 8, 4010, Debrecen, (Hungary)

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Papp, Z., Daróczy, S. Evaluation of the uranium concentration in rocks at the μg/g level by a low-background Geiger-Müller counter. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 181, 413–423 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02037647

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