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Intercalibration of Environmental Isotope Measurements: The Program of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Roberto Gonfiantini
Affiliation:
International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
Kazimierz Rozanski
Affiliation:
International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
Willibald Stichler
Affiliation:
International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
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Abstract

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We briefly present here the environmental isotope intercalibration programs of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In fact, the IAEA has implemented two parallel programs during the last 20 years: for stable isotopes of light elements and for a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, tritium. This IAEA activity resulted in the preparation of a number of reference and intercomparison materials of various types, now stored in the Agency and available upon request.

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Session V
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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