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Measuring the activity of thorium by its decay products using a multidetector γ-ray coincidence spectrometer

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A method for detecting thorium by its decay products has been tested on PRIPYAT six-crystal 4π γ-ray coincidence spectrometers. This method makes it possible to measure large-volume samples of any shape with a higher sensitivity and a shorter acquisition time than when an HPGe spectrometer with a comparable cost is used.

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  1. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., Podgorica, 81000, Montenegro

    N. M. Antovic & P. Vukotic

  2. Center for Ecotoxicological Research, Put Radomira Ivanovica 2, Podgorica, 81000, Montenegro

    N. Svrkota

  3. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, pr. Nezalezhnasti 68, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    S. K. Andrukhovich, A. V. Berestov, S. N. Harkusha & F. E. Ziaziulia

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Original Russian Text © N.M. Antovic, N. Svrkota, P. Vukotic, S.K. Andrukhovich, A.V. Berestov, S.N. Harkusha, F.E. Ziaziulia, 2008, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2008, No. 4, pp. 126–131.

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Antovic, N.M., Svrkota, N., Vukotic, P. et al. Measuring the activity of thorium by its decay products using a multidetector γ-ray coincidence spectrometer. Instrum Exp Tech 51, 606–611 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441208040180

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