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Activity of the 7Be isotope in plants from south-west Finland

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We report the measurements of 7Be activity in nine vegetable species through the detection of its 477.6 keV γ-ray of 7Li. The plants were grown 10 km south of the city of Turku in south-west Finland, located at approximately about 23E, 62N. The results show that nettle, salad and cucumber have activities that exceed the detection limit.

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  1. Department of Physics, Abo Akademi, Turku, Finland

    T. Lönnroth, K. -M. Källman & D. Agren

  2. Turku PET Center and Accelerator Laboratory, Abo Akademi, Turku, Finland

    J -O. Lill

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Lönnroth, T., Källman, K.M., Lill, J.O. et al. Activity of the 7Be isotope in plants from south-west Finland. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 273, 163–165 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-0729-5

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