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Determination and distribution of 210Pb in plants using Liquid Scintillation Counting

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This study presented the determination and distribution of 210Pb in plants using Liquid Scintillation Counting. The analysis method of 210Pb in plants has been improved by optimizing the pulse shape analysis setup,constructing quenched correction curves, as well as consideration of the counting from both 210Pb and its progeny 210Bi. This method was used to test for the determination of 210Pb in samples of three species collected from two sites around a uranium mining facility.

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Experiments were carried out using equipment in the Environmental Radiation Surveillance Center, Environmental Protection Department of Anhui Province.

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  1. School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China

    Ping Xu & Zhi Chen

  2. Anhui Environmental Radiation Supervision Station, Hefei, 230071, China

    Guobing Yu & Deyun Wen

  3. School of Nuclear Technology and Automation Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610051, China

    Chenlu Ding

  4. State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Zhi Chen

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Xu, P., Yu, G., Ding, C. et al. Determination and distribution of 210Pb in plants using Liquid Scintillation Counting. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 1063–1069 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08791-x

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