Low-cost production of a 7Be tracer from rainwater and purification: preliminary results

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  • Rebecca Querfeld
  • Silke Merchel
  • Georg Steinhauser

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  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)521-527
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftJournal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Jahrgang314
Ausgabenummer1
Frühes Online-Datum18 Sept. 2017
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Okt. 2017

Abstract

7Be with its relatively short half-life (53.22 days) is a possibly suitable radionuclide for radiotracer experiments. Low-level activities of natural 7Be can be found in rainwater and might be available as a tracer after radiochemical isolation. Herein, beryllium was first concentrated by evaporation of rainwater and/or iron(III) hydroxide co-precipitation. Afterwards, several separation schemes have been tested including various ion exchange resins in order to remove interfering other elements. Characterization was done by gamma spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, respectively. With further optimizations of our methodology, rainwater may become a suitable low-cost and easily accessible 7Be tracer source.

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Low-cost production of a 7Be tracer from rainwater and purification: preliminary results. / Querfeld, Rebecca; Merchel, Silke; Steinhauser, Georg.
in: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Jahrgang 314, Nr. 1, 01.10.2017, S. 521-527.

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Querfeld R, Merchel S, Steinhauser G. Low-cost production of a 7Be tracer from rainwater and purification: preliminary results. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2017 Okt 1;314(1):521-527. Epub 2017 Sep 18. doi: 10.1007/s10967-017-5433-5
Querfeld, Rebecca ; Merchel, Silke ; Steinhauser, Georg. / Low-cost production of a 7Be tracer from rainwater and purification : preliminary results. in: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2017 ; Jahrgang 314, Nr. 1. S. 521-527.
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