Activity standardisation of <sup>223</sup>Ra.
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serval:BIB_2EF56D6E0EFC
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Activity standardisation of <sup>223</sup>Ra.
Journal
Applied radiation and isotopes
ISSN
1872-9800 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0969-8043
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
174
Pages
109788
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
We report here on the primary activity standardisation of a <sup>223</sup> Ra dichloride solution in equilibrium with its decay daughters. Both the triple-to-double-coincidence-ratio (TDCR) method with an in-house TDCR detector and the CIEMAT-NIST efficiency tracing (CNET) technique with a commercial counter were used. The liquid scintillation efficiencies for both methods are about 6 while the activities they predict with about 0.4% relative standard uncertainty agree within 0.15%. For backup, the solution was also standardised with 4πγ NaI(Tl) integral counting with a well-type NaI(Tl) detector, and efficiencies computed by Monte Carlo simulations using the GEANT code. This simple technique, unused previously for this nuclide, yielded an activity concentration compatible with, but 1% lower than, the one determined by liquid scintillation counting.
Keywords
(223)Ra, 4πγ counting, Activity standardisation, CNET, Liquid scintillation, TDCR
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