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Rapid determination of cobalt-60 in sea water with steel wool adsorption

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A rapid adsorption method has been developed to determine the60Co content in sea water samples. The60Co activity is concentrated by filtering the water sample through an adsorption column of steel work. A 60-liter sample can be processed in 1 h with 95% adsorption efficiency.

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  1. C. C. Lin

    Present address: Vallecitos Nuclear Center, General Electric Company Pleasanton, California, USA

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University, 300, Hsinchu, Taiwan Republic of China

    C. L. Tseng, M. H. Yang & C. C. Lin

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Tseng, C.L., Yang, M.H. & Lin, C.C. Rapid determination of cobalt-60 in sea water with steel wool adsorption. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 85, 253–259 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164230

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