Published October 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Certified reference material IAEA-418. 129I in Mediterranean Sea water

  • 1. International Atomic Energy Agency, Monaco (Monaco). Marine Environment Laboratories
  • 2. Comenius University, Bratislava (Slovakia). Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
  • 3. Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
  • 4. Arizona University, Tucson, AZ (United States). NSF-AMS Facility, Physics Department
  • 5. Toronto University, Toronto, ON (Canada). IsoTrace Laboratory
  • 6. Sevilla University, Sevilla (Spain)
  • 7. Uppsala University, Uppsala (Sweden). Tandem Laboratory
  • 8. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Spain). Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, y Departamento de Fisica
  • 9. Aomori Research and Development Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Mutsu-Shi Aomori-ken (Japan). AMS Management Section

Description

A certified reference material designed for the determination of 129I in seawater, IAEA-418 (Mediterranean Sea water) is described and the results of certification are presented. The median of 129I concentration with 95% confidence interval was chosen as the most reliable estimates of the true value. The median, given as the certified value, is 2.28 x 108 atom L-1 (95% confidence interval is (2.16-2.73) 108 atom L-1), or 3.19 x 10-7 Bq L-1 (95% confidence interval is (3.02-3.82) x 10-7 Bq L-1). The material is intended to be used for standardization procedures applied in accelerator mass spectrometric laboratories. It is available in 1 L units and may be ordered via IAEA web side (www.iaea.org). (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
286
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 121-127
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCDM

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