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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 521-527 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |
| Volume | 314 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 18 Sept 2017 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2017 |
Abstract
7Be with its relatively short half-life (53.22 days) is a possibly suitable radionuclide for radiotracer experiments. Low-level activities of natural 7Be can be found in rainwater and might be available as a tracer after radiochemical isolation. Herein, beryllium was first concentrated by evaporation of rainwater and/or iron(III) hydroxide co-precipitation. Afterwards, several separation schemes have been tested including various ion exchange resins in order to remove interfering other elements. Characterization was done by gamma spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, respectively. With further optimizations of our methodology, rainwater may become a suitable low-cost and easily accessible 7Be tracer source.
Keywords
- Be, Actinide resin, Diphonix resin, DOWEX, Gamma spectrometry, LN resin, Tracer
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Analytical Chemistry
- Energy(all)
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Medicine(all)
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Environmental Science(all)
- Pollution
- Chemistry(all)
- Spectroscopy
- Medicine(all)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Environmental Science(all)
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 314, No. 1, 01.10.2017, p. 521-527.
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T1 - Low-cost production of a 7Be tracer from rainwater and purification
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AU - Querfeld, Rebecca
AU - Merchel, Silke
AU - Steinhauser, Georg
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