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The use of dioctyl sulfoxide (DOSO) as a stabilizer for scintillation counting of uranium(VI), plutonium(IV) and americium(III) has been investigated. It has been observed that the addition of 2% DOSO to the scintillator solution results in a decrease in count rate of Am(III), which is about one third of that obtained with 2% TOPO. Uranium(VI) could be counted with almost the same efficiency with DOSO, TOPO, or as such without any stabilizer. The counting efficiency of plutonium(IV), however, is inferior for DOSO as compared to TOPO.
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Veeraraghavan, R., Subramanian, M.S. Dioctyl sulfoxide as a stabilizer for scintillation counting. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 187, 339–343 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02163597
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