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Main Title Acid dissolution method for the analysis of plutonium in soil : evaluation of an interlaboratory collaborative test and comparison with results of a fusion method test /
Author Whittaker, E. L., ; Grothaus, G. E.
CORP Author Environmental Monitoring and Support Lab., Las Vegas, NV.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/7-79-081
Stock Number PB-298 149
OCLC Number 05249994
Subjects Plutonium ; Chemistry, Analytic--Quantitative ; Soil pollution
Additional Subjects Soil analysis ; Plutonium ; Radioactive contaminants ; Quality assurance ; Chemical analysis ; Samples ; Acidification ; Laboratory equipment ; Numerical solution
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101FBYP.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 600-7-79-081 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 05/19/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/7-79-081 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 12/19/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-79-081 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
EMBD  EPA/600/7-79/081 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 09/29/1995
ERAD  EPA 600/7-79-081 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 02/11/2013
ESAD  EPA 600-7-79-081 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-298 149 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vi, 60 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The data from an interlaboratory collaborative test are presented. A statistical analysis of the data is also presented. From that analysis, statements are made of the combined within-laboratory precision, the systematic error between laboratories, the total error between laboratories based on a single analysis, and the method bias. Soil samples used for the test contained plutonium in a highly refractory form, a very insoluble form, and therefore, difficult to measure the true concentration. Plutonium concentrations in those samples ranged from 0.1 to 10 dpm/g of soil. A comparison is made between the acid dissolution method and a fluoride-pyrosulfate fusion method which was tested in a similar study using the same test samples.
Notes
"EPA-600/7-79-081." "March 1979." Includes bibliographical references (page 60).