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The addition of54Mn and65Zn to a nine-radionuclide standard (containing241Am.,109Cd.57Co,139Ce,203Hg.113Sn,137Cs,88Y, and60Co) provides the capability to determine the extent of coincidence summing for gamma rays from88Y and60Co. A method for correcting the efficiency points at 1332 keV (60Co) and 1836 keV (88Y) for coincidence summing is presented.
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Montgomery, D.M., Montgomery, G.A. A method for assessing and correcting coincidence summing effects for germanium detector efficiency calibrations. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 193, 71–79 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041918
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041918