A rapid method of radium-226 analysis in water samples using an alpha spectroscopic technique
CIM Bulletin, Vol. 74, No. 833, 1981
T.P. LIM, Physical Scientist, Elliot Lake Laboratory, Mining Research Laboratories, CANMET, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, Elliot Lake, Ontario, N.K. DAVE, Agnew Lake Mines Ltd. Espanola, Ontario.
A fast, reliable and accurate method for radium-226 determination in environmental water samples has been devised, using an alpha spectroscopic technique. The correlation between barium-133 and radium-226 in the barium-radium sulphate precipitation mechanism was studied and in the limited experimental recovery range, the coefficient of correlation was r = 0.986. A self-absorption study for various barium carrier concentrations was also undertaken to obtain the least broadening of alpha energy line widths. An optimum value of 0.3 mg barium carrier was obtained for chemical recovery in the range of 85%.
Keywords:
Radium, Analysis, Water, Spectroscopy, Environmental control, Barium, Precipitation, Ryan Lake, Nordic Lake.
