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Gamma-spectrometric uranium age-dating using intrinsic efficiency calibration

✍ Scribed by Cong Tam Nguyen; József Zsigrai


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
178 KB
Volume
243
Category
Article
ISSN
0168-583X

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✦ Synopsis


A non-destructive, gamma-spectrometric method for uranium age-dating is presented which is applicable to material of any physical form and geometrical shape. It relies on measuring the daughter/parent activity ratio 214 Bi/ 234 U by low-background, high-resolution gamma-spectrometry using intrinsic efficiency calibration. The method does not require the use of any reference materials nor the use of an efficiency calibrated geometry.