Adsorption efficiency correction for 226Ra determination on drinking water using Ra-Nucfilm disc

IF 1.6 3区工程技术 Q3 CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR

Applied Radiation and Isotopes Pub Date : 2025-01-19 DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.111690

Héloïse Gervot , Christine Germond , Jérome Loess , Dominique Saurat

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Abstract

A specific goal of the French army is to ensure health protection of soldiers consuming water from overseas operations territories. To do so, the French Defence Radiological Protection Service developed a method to quantify the amount of ²²⁶Ra in water using Ra-Nucfilm discs. ²²⁶Ra analysis is achieved within less than two days and the detection limit, function of adsorption efficiency, ranges from 0.85 to 25 mBq/L. The novelty is the determination of a factor correcting adsorption efficiency, equal to 1.3, from the difference in adsorption between ²²⁶Ra and ¹³³Ba using as internal tracer.

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Applied Radiation and Isotopes 工程技术-核科学技术

CiteScore

3.00

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12.50%

发文量

406

审稿时长

13.5 months

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