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Study on concentration of nuclides in aquatic organisms

Study on concentration of nuclides in aquatic organisms

Cheng Qi-Jun
Feng Ding-Hua
Cheung T
Yu K N
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.9, No.1pp.52-55Published in print 01 Feb 1998
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Accumulation contents and concentration factors (CF) for 54Mn, 60Co, 58Co, 124Sb occurring simultaneously in aquatic organisms were determined. The results show that CF correlates to nuclides, the species of organisms, the culture time and the specific activity (SA) of nuclides in water, and their relationship can be expressed by regression equations. Among shrimp, snail, ophiocephalus argus and carassius auratus, the shrimp has the highest CF particularly for 54Mn, the CF reaches 291.5, the ophiocephalus argus has the lowest. The distribution of nuclides in fish has the magnitude order: gill>viscera>epidermis>bone>flesh.

Concentration factorAquatic organism54Mn60Co58Co124Sb
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