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An attempt was made to apply a delayed coincidence method for the absolute determination of trace quantities of the thorium series. This method is based on selective counting of the relatively short lived nuclide216Po (half-life 145 ms) in the thorium series members. For this purpose, a “list mode” time analyzing system combined with a liquid scintillation counter was assembled by means of a conventional microcomputer. A multiple time analysis was employed in the processing and data compilation of delayed coincidences to distinguish them from the true coincidences due to random events.
From a time spectrum, the decay component of216Po (145 ms) can be selectively measured. Absolute activities of its progenitors,224Ra and228Th as well as220Rn, can be determined even in the presence of the background radiations of the almost equivalent activity-strength of concomitant uranium series.
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Hashimoto, T., Sakai, Y. Selective determination of extremely low-levels of the thorium series in environmental samples by a new delayed coincidence method. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 138, 195–206 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02039845
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