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Determination of Thorium‐230 in CCRMP Reference Samples by Alpha Spectroscopy
Author(s) -
PETERS Richard J.,
GLADNEY Ernest S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
geostandards newsletter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1751-908X
pISSN - 0150-5505
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-908x.1983.tb00391.x
Subject(s) - thorium , certified reference materials , radiochemistry , spectroscopy , alpha (finance) , chemistry , mineralogy , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , environmental chemistry , chromatography , detection limit , metallurgy , physics , uranium , mathematics , quantum mechanics , construct validity , statistics , psychometrics
Thorium‐230 concentrations have been determined in 11 CCRMP (Canadian Certified Reference Materials Project) reference rock and ore samples using alpha spectroscopy following a chemical separation of the thorium. Literature data are available for only one of these 11 reference samples.