Journal of Radiation Protection and Research

The Korean Association for Radiation Protection (대한방사선방어학회)
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Radioassay of Multiple Beta-Labeled Mixtures using Least-Square Method

최소자승법을 이용한 다수 베타 방출 핵종 혼합물의 방사능 분석

  • Published : 2001.12.30

Abstract

It is possible to count and perform quench correction on two ${\beta}$ -label samples so long as the maximum ${\beta}$-energies are sufficiently different. However, when 4he conventional technique is applied to the radioassay of a mixture of more than three nuclides, the reliability of the activities determined is considerably reduced, resulting from the large overlapping of liquid scintillation pulse height distributions of each nuclide. A technique that allows the activities of multiple ${\beta}$-labeled samples to be radioassayed was proposed by using the least square method. The technique was applied to mixture samples of $^3H,\;^{14}C,\;^{36}Cl$, and $^{90}Sr$. The analytical values were in good agreement with the reference values within 7% relative error.

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