Published 1976 | Version v1
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Uranium and radium concentrations in Florida phosphate fractions by GeLi spectrometry

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville

Description

Florida's phosphate ores contain significant concentrations of uranium and its decay products. As the ore is processed the fractionation of the principal radionuclides, 238U and 226Ra, can be traced with gamma spectra obtained with GeLi spectrometry. Both uranium and radium can be simultaneously determined at a cost of about one-tenth that of a commercial chemical analysis. Split samples with a number of other laboratories indicate excellent results. Discussion includes sample size, calibration with NBL assayed uranium ore, counting times, ingrowth of radon daughters, and sources of error

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Imprint Place
Troy, NY
Imprint Title
Tenth midyear topical symposium of the Northeastern New York Chapter, Health Physics Society, on natural radioactivity in man's environment
Journal Page Range
p. 407-414.

Conference

Title
10. midyear symposium for Health Physics Society.
Dates
11 - 13 Oct 1976.
Place
Saratoga Springs, NY, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12585991
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FLORIDA; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; LI-DRIFTED GE DETECTORS; ORES; PHOSPHATE ROCKS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIUM 226; URANIUM 238
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LI-DRIFTED DETECTORS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM ISOTOPES; USA; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES