A comparative study of different radiometric methodologies for the determination of 226Ra in water
An evaluation of various radiometric methods to analyze 226Ra in water has been employed on a set of 10 standard solutions of different concentrations in the range of 1–10 Bq/L−1. The analysis was carried out using well-established procedures by means of gamma-ray, alpha-particle and liquid scintill...
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| author | Ibrahim F. Al-Hamarneh Fahad I. Almasoud |
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| description | An evaluation of various radiometric methods to analyze 226Ra in water has been employed on a set of 10 standard solutions of different concentrations in the range of 1–10 Bq/L−1. The analysis was carried out using well-established procedures by means of gamma-ray, alpha-particle and liquid scintillation spectrometry. The feasibility of the various methods has been quantified in terms of relative standard error and percentage error. Correlations between the various methods have been presented and discussed. In general, good agreement was found in the results of various methodologies, which assures the accuracy of the methods and allows for the validation of instrumentation and procedures. Of the different methods adopted here, a combined procedure for the determination of 226Ra along with 228Ra using Quantulus 1220 ultra-low level background liquid scintillation counting gave the most accurate results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f538ef8643d4562af78a61bc291ffa42022-12-21T18:15:27ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332018-02-0150115916410.1016/j.net.2017.10.009A comparative study of different radiometric methodologies for the determination of 226Ra in waterIbrahim F. Al-Hamarneh0Fahad I. Almasoud1Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt 19117, JordanNuclear Science Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi ArabiaAn evaluation of various radiometric methods to analyze 226Ra in water has been employed on a set of 10 standard solutions of different concentrations in the range of 1–10 Bq/L−1. The analysis was carried out using well-established procedures by means of gamma-ray, alpha-particle and liquid scintillation spectrometry. The feasibility of the various methods has been quantified in terms of relative standard error and percentage error. Correlations between the various methods have been presented and discussed. In general, good agreement was found in the results of various methodologies, which assures the accuracy of the methods and allows for the validation of instrumentation and procedures. Of the different methods adopted here, a combined procedure for the determination of 226Ra along with 228Ra using Quantulus 1220 ultra-low level background liquid scintillation counting gave the most accurate results.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573317305314226RaWaterAlpha SpectrometryGamma SpectrometryLiquid Scintillation Counting |
| spellingShingle | Ibrahim F. Al-Hamarneh Fahad I. Almasoud A comparative study of different radiometric methodologies for the determination of 226Ra in water Nuclear Engineering and Technology 226Ra Water Alpha Spectrometry Gamma Spectrometry Liquid Scintillation Counting |
| title | A comparative study of different radiometric methodologies for the determination of 226Ra in water |
| title_full | A comparative study of different radiometric methodologies for the determination of 226Ra in water |
| title_fullStr | A comparative study of different radiometric methodologies for the determination of 226Ra in water |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparative study of different radiometric methodologies for the determination of 226Ra in water |
| title_short | A comparative study of different radiometric methodologies for the determination of 226Ra in water |
| title_sort | comparative study of different radiometric methodologies for the determination of 226ra in water |
| topic | 226Ra Water Alpha Spectrometry Gamma Spectrometry Liquid Scintillation Counting |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573317305314 |
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