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1Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR 97361, U.S.A.
Abstract:
A procedure for the radiochemical determination of (60)Co in low-activity samples of sediment and biological material is described. Cobalt recovery is high and decontamination from tervalent lanthanides and naturally-occurring radionuclides is complete. Cobalt is precipitated with 1-nitroso-2-naphthol, decontaminated from iron by precipitation of the iron as ferric phosphate, extracted into methyl isobutyl ketone, and finally precipitated as cobalt mercury(II) thiocyanate for yield determination and beta-counting.
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