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Micelle size effect on Fe-55 Liquid Scintillation Efficiency

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Author(s)

Denis E. Bergeron, Lizbeth Laureano-Perez

Abstract

We used efficiency tracing techniques to study the micelle size effect on liquid scintillation counting of the low-energy Auger electron emitter, 55Fe. We determined micelle hydrodynamic diameters for specific LS cocktails via dynamic light scattering, and sought trends in efficiencies as a function of micelle size. The presence of Fe3+ or Mn2+ ions in the cocktails did not significantly affect micelle sizes or fluorescence quenching. We did not detect any reductions in counting efficiencies due to the micelle size effect.
Citation
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume
87
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Reverse micelle, liquid scintillation counting, cocktail, efficiency tracing, size effect, quenching, dynamic light scattering, Mn-54, H-3, Fe-55
Radiation

Citation

Bergeron, D. and Laureano-Perez, L. (2013), Micelle size effect on Fe-55 Liquid Scintillation Efficiency, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.080 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created December 1, 2013, Updated November 10, 2018
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