Measurement of the 137Cs concentration by its own β-radiation using liquid scintillation spectrometry
- Authors: Bey O.N.1, Proskurnin V.Y.2, Gulin S.B.2
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Affiliations:
- Sevastopol State University
- Kovalevsky Institute for Marine Biological Research
- Issue: Vol 58, No 2 (2016)
- Pages: 167-170
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1066-3622/article/view/223358
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1066362216020090
- ID: 223358
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Abstract
The possibility of measuring the 137Cs concentration in seawater by its own β-radiation using liquid scintillation spectrometry after preliminary sorption on cellulose fiber impregnated with copper(II) ferrocyanide was studied. This measurement procedure allows the 137Cs detection efficiency to be increased to 50% and the sample volume to be decreased from 1000 (as in γ-ray spectrometry) to 50 L and less.
About the authors
O. N. Bey
Sevastopol State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: oksaniya_89@mail.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Universitetskaya 33, Sevastopol, 299053
V. Yu. Proskurnin
Kovalevsky Institute for Marine Biological Research
Email: oksaniya_89@mail.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Nakhimova 2, Sevastopol, 299011
S. B. Gulin
Kovalevsky Institute for Marine Biological Research
Email: oksaniya_89@mail.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Nakhimova 2, Sevastopol, 299011