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Radium removal from drinking water

Nature volume 253, pages 262–263 (1975)Cite this article

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RADIUM is absorbed from natural waters on to acrylic fibres impregnated with oxides of manganese1. This extraction technique, developed for oceanographic studies, is also effective in removing radium from drinking water.

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  1. Ocean Floor Analysis Division, US Naval Oceanographic Office, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, 20732

    WILLARD S. MOORE

  2. Division of Occupational Health and Radiation Control, Texas State Department of Health, Austin, Texas, 78756

    LEWIS M. COOK

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MOORE, W., COOK, L. Radium removal from drinking water. Nature 253, 262–263 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253262a0

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