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Science 8 April 1966:
Vol. 152. no. 3719, pp. 202 - 203
DOI: 10.1126/science.152.3719.202
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Chromium-51 in Sea Water: Chemistry

Norman Cutshall 1, Vernon Johnson 1, and Charles Osterberg 1

1 Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis

Chromium-SI introduced into the Pacific Ocean from the Columbia River remains in the hexavalent state. Analysis of this radionuclide in sea water by hydroxide coprecipitation with iron is best accomplished if the chromium-51 is first reduced to the trivalent state.

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