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Published on: November 9, 2015
Rapid determination of 210Pb and 210Po by sequential cloud point extraction for environmental monitoring
Guillaume Blanchet-Chouinard1, Dominic Larivière1
1Laboratoire de radioécologie, Département de chimie, Université Laval, 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada. dominic.lariviere@chm.ulaval.ca.
Abstract:
A new sequential cloud point extraction (CPE) procedure was developed and validated for the determination of 210Pb and 210Po by ICP-MS/MS and alpha spectrometry, respectively. Two distinct CPE systems using 4',4''(5'')-di-tert-butyldicyclohexano-18-crown-6 and N,N,N',N'-tetraoctyldiglycolamide as chelating agents were performed sequentially on the same sample. Method detection limits of 13 and 3.5 mBq L-1, were achieved for 210Pb and 210Po, respectively. The sequential approach shows its outstanding versatility and proficiency to rapidly extract, detect, and quantify both radionuclides in various matrices for a wide range of activities.
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