Published March 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Determination of 129I in environmental water using tandem accelerator mass spectrometry

  • 1. China Inst. of Atomic Energy, Beijing (China)

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The author describes a method for determining 12'9I in large volume environmental water and its application. 129I in a sample of volume greater than 100 L was absorbed on anion exchange resin (201 x 7 Cl-) and 129I absorbed on the resin was eluted by 8% NaClO by stirring, extracted with CCl4 and backwash extracted with water. A AgI source was prepared by precipitation and 129I was determined with a accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). The chemical recovery of this method is above 60%. The minimum detectable limit for 129I is 2 x 10-10 Bq/L. It sensitivity is increased by 104∼105 times over that of neutron activation analysis method. 129I in environmental water in some regions of China was determined for the first time by authors using this method, and the satisfactory results were got. It shows that this method is quite sensitive, simple and prompt. It can be used for various kind of water samples

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Journal Title
Radiation Protection (Taiyuan)
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 82-88
ISSN
1000-8187