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PIXE-RBS combination to measure uranium and thorium in environmental and biological samples

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A combination of two techniques, PIXE (particle induced x-ray emission) and RBS (Rutherford backscattering), is proposed as an analytical tool to measure uranium and thorium in environmental and biological samples and in the study of the micro-distribution of uranium is low Z matrices such as biological tissue.

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  1. Dept. of Física, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, C.P. 38071, 22453, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, (Brasil)

    A. S. Paschoa

  2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, 11973, Upton, Long Island, N.Y., (USA)

    M. Cholewa & K. W. Jones

  3. Radiobiology Division, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, UT, (USA)

    N. P. Singh & M. E. Wrenn

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Work supported by U.S. Department of Energy Contracts DE-AC02-76CH-00116 (MC, KWJ) and DE-AC02-76EV-00119 (NPS, MEW). One of us (ASP) is grateful to FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos) and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Technológico).

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Paschoa, A.S., Cholewa, M., Jones, K.W. et al. PIXE-RBS combination to measure uranium and thorium in environmental and biological samples. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 115, 231–240 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02037440

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