The JRC contributed to the publication of a new technique for investigating the linearity of detectors used in Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) by using a special Reference Materials series certified at the JRC.
Scientists from the JRC Nuclear Safety and Security Directorate developed a method for carefully characterising the linearity and determining the dead times of ion counting detectors used for low-level uranium and plutonium analyses by MC-ICP-MS. This work was carried out jointly with scientists at the Safeguards Analytical Services (SGAS) laboratories of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), within the frame of the European Commission’s support program to the IAEA.
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