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Efficiency of different methods for removing U, Th, and K from a liquid scintillator

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The efficiency of removing U and Th from a liquid organic scintillator based on linear alkylbenzene (LAB) by stripping with a 0.02 M aqueous solution of aminomethylenediphosphonic acid and by sorption on aluminum oxide and silica gel was studied. A procedure was developed for purification of scintillation additives (2,5-diphenyloxazole, 2-biphenyl-5-phenyloxazole, p-terphenyl) to remove 40K.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 60, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    I. R. Barabanov, V. P. Morgalyuk, G. Ya. Novikova & E. A. Yanovich

  2. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, ul. Vavilova 28, Moscow, 119334, Russia

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Original Russian Text © I.R. Barabanov, V.P. Morgalyuk, G.Ya. Novikova, E.A. Yanovich, 2016, published in Radiokhimiya, 2016, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 535–539.

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Barabanov, I.R., Morgalyuk, V.P., Novikova, G.Y. et al. Efficiency of different methods for removing U, Th, and K from a liquid scintillator. Radiochemistry 58, 625–630 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1066362216060096

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