Liquid scintillation counting, measurement activity

The concentration was further corrected for radiochemical purity according to the manufacturer s specifications because liquid scintillation counting measures the total sample activity and does not account for the presence of radiolabeled impurities. Stock solutions were stored at -15°C or -20° C in order to minimize sample loss due to hydrolysis. Injected sample solutions were prepared in 0.25 mL plastic vials by diluting stock solutions with buffer or deionized water and were also stored at -15° C or -20° C. 

Formation and transport of radon ) In the present work, lead isotopes were chemically separated from the sample gas as lead sulfide since the formation of lead sulfide was inevitable under the presence of H2S in the fumarolic gas. The lead sulfide was then dissolved in a small amount of concentrated HCI and mixed with the Insta Gel(emulsion scintillator solution, Insta Gel, Packard Inc.) for the liquid scintillation counting. The chemical yield and the volume of the collected non-condensing gas were obtained from the measurement of the activities of Pb-214 and its progeny which were in radioequilibrium with their precursor Rn-222 whose concentration was determined separately by the direct method. 

Hiraide et al. [68] used continuous flow coprecipitation-floatation for the radiochemical separation of cobalt from seawater. The 60cobalt activity was measured by liquid scintillation counting with greater than 90% yield and a detection limit of 5 fCi/1 seawater. 

Traditionally, HAT activity is measured with a discontinuous radioactive filterbinding assay, which uses pH]acetyl-CoA as a histone acetyltransferase substrate [46]. The transfer of [ H]acetyl-groups to the histone substrate by histone acetyltransferases is detected by liquid scintillation counting of pHjacetylated histones, which are retained on a phosphocellulose disk. Due to its discontinuous character, this assay is technically problematic and not ideal for kinetic analysis. Hence, other assays that work with radiolabeled acetyl-CoA have been described that are suitable for a higher throughput. These work with streptavidin-covered beads [47] or a variant of the SPA with microtiter plates that contain a scintillant (FlashPlates) [48]. But as all these protocols are based on radioactively labeled substrates, they apparently show the same disadvantages that were described for the radioactive HDAC assay protocols. Therefore, nonradioactive assays have been developed to study histone acetyltransferase activity. 

Because specific activity is always an intensive variable, one need not recover all of the sample to determine the ratio mol A /mol A. To evaluate SAa, one need only obtain an amount that provides an accurate measurement of A and total A. The former is easily achieved by liquid scintillation counting, and spectrophotometry or some other enzymatic assay usually allows accurate determination of mol A in a sample. 

The LPL catalytic assay measures the hydrolysis of a [14C[- or [3H]-triolein emulsion producing the 14C- or 3H -labeled free oleic acid [6]. The 14C- or 3H-labeled oleic acid is isolated by a selective extraction procedure and its radioactivity is determined by liquid scintillation counting [40]. Lipase activity is calculated as nanomoles of oleic acid released per minute per milliliter of postheparin plasma [41]. 

The activity of dihydropyrimidinase or /J-urcidopropionasc can only be measured in liver or kidney. The activity of dihydropyrimidinase is determined using a radiochemical assay with subsequent separation of radiolabeled dihydrouracil from radiolabeled N-carbamyl-/>-alanine with reverse-phase HPLC combined with detection of 14C02by liquid scintillation counting [11]. The activity of /1-ureidopropionase can be determined using radiolabeled N-carbamyl-/l-alanine followed by separation of radiolabeled N-carbamyl-/>-alanine from radiolabeled /1-alanine by reverse-phase HPLC [10,14]. 

To commence measurements, 1 ml of labeled solution was added to one arm (donor), and at the same time an equal volume of unlabeled solution was dispensed to the remaining arm (receptor). Aliquots of 0.1 ml were withdrawn from both arms at suitable time intervals over 4r-5 days. The activity of samples from the receptor side was determined by liquid scintillation counting, and Wt/Wm vs. y/t plots were constructed. The temperature range studied was 20-50°C. (Note salicylic acid was shown not to penetrate disks composed of polystyrene alone, and self-diffusion kinetics were reproducible between different disks of the same polystyrene/zeolite composition). 

In the stage of drag discovery, LC/MS-MS analytics is the method of choice to quantify the unbound drag concentration. The sensitivity can be increased by the use of radiolabeled substance. But, the radiochemical purity, isotope decay, if not 14C-label is used as well a sufficient specific activity must be taken into consideration (Wright et al. 1996). The concentrations of radioactivity in bound and unbound fraction are measured by liquid scintillation counting. The use of radiolabeled material allows easily examination of the potential of adsorption. However, the identity of the drag in unbound fraction should additionally be veri-... 

Calcium-41 Ca-41 is produced by neutron activation of natural Ca-40. It has been found to exceed the GQ by a factor of 2 in both graphite fuel struts and desiccant from HNA (3 streams). The reported desiccant value is an upper limit probably based on trace contamination by graphite dust. In decommissioning wastes, activation of the concrete bioshield would also be expected to produce Ca-41 but these wastes streams are regarded as low level wastes in the NIREX inventory and hence GQ values do not apply. Measurements of Ca-41 can be obtained after chemical separation of Ca, which is done routinely for Ca-45 measurements. After any Ca-45 (t 14 =163 days) has decayed away, it can be measured by liquid scintillation counting. Procurement of direct standards from NPL would be required. In fresh samples, if the Ca-45 has been measured, then the Ca-41 could be estimated by comparison of activation... 

This study emphasizes the measurement procedure of Sr activity in radioactive aqueous waste produced by the nuclear industry. Considering radioecological and radioprotective elements, there is a need for systematic measurements of Sr activity in rejected wastes. The classical methods for this determination are gas flow proportional counting, liquid scintillation counting or Cherenkov counting.These techniques require efficient concentration and purification steps before the measurement of radiostrontium itself. 

Quantitate the radioactivity, as a measure of RT activity in 1 pL of the culture supernatant, either by liquid scintillation counting (cut out the spots and place them directly into scintillation fluid), by phosphorimage analysis and quantitation of relative pixel units, or by autoradiography and laser densitometry. 

Analyses. Liquid scintillation counting was used to measure the Pu activity in all samples. Aqueous samples (1.00 or 2.00 ml) were added to 18 ml of Insta-Gel scintillation cocktail (Packard Instrument Co.) in glass scintillation vials and thoroughly mixed. A Packard Tri-Carb Model 1550 liquid scintillation analyzer was used to count all the samples. 

GPC (total radioactive strontium) = beta gas proportional counter Bq = Becquerel dpm = disintegrations per minute EDTA = ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid GFAAS (total strontium) = graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy ICP-AES (total strontium) = inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy ICP-MS (isotopic strontium composition) = inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry LSC (isotopic quanitification of 89Srand 90Sr) = liquid scintillation counting pCi = pico curies (10-12 curies) PIXE (total strontium) = proton induced x-ray emission TMAH = tetramethylammonium hydroxide TNA (total strontium) = thermal neutron activation and radiometric measurement TRXF (total strontium) = total-reflection x-ray fluorescence... 

Depending on the emitted radiation and measurement the methods that are used are gamma spectrometry, alpha spectrometry and measurements of p-activity (e.g. liquid scintillation counting). 

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