ISO 13166
Water quality - Uranium isotopes - Test method using alpha-spectrometry
| Organization: | ISO |
| Publication Date: | 1 March 2014 |
| Status: | inactive |
| Page Count: | 26 |
| ICS Code (Examination of physical properties of water): | 13.060.60 |
| ICS Code (Radiation protection): | 13.280 |
scope:
This International Standard specifies the conditions for the determination of uranium isotope activity concentration in samples of environmental water (including sea waters) using alpha-spectrometry and 232U as a yield tracer. A chemical separation is required to separate and purify uranium from a test portion of the sample.
Plutonium isotopes can interfere, if present, with detectable activities in the sample.
The detection limit for measurement of a test portion of about 500 ml is approximately 5 mBq -1-1 with a counting time of about 200 000s.
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