Applications of low level liquid scintillation counters

✍ Scribed by Michael J. Kessler

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1988
• Weight: 40 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0883-2889
• DOI: 10.1016/0883-2889(88)90352-8

✦ Synopsis

Since tritium is a very low energy beta emitter, it is difficult to quantltate accurately and reproduclbly. Many types of detectors have been developed to quantitate tritium on a solid support. These methods include solubillzatlon of sample from solid support followed by liquid scintillation counting, Ceiger counting, solid state detectors (APD), gas proportional counting, and liquid scintillation counting without sample preparation. The quantitation of tritium by these various methods will be compared In detail with the advantages and disadvantages of each technique being presented. Parameters to be explored are sensitivity, detection limit, reproducibility, accuracy, and efficiency of counting for the five methods for quantitating tritium on a solid support.