“…These results may be readily improved in a few additional days by correcting for impurities on the basis of decay measurements. Various methods (2,4,5,13) have been utilized for the determination of low levels of the biologically important radionuclide strontium-90 in environmental samples. Basically these involve concentration, separation of strontium from interfering radioactive and inert materials, and finally separation and counting of the yttrium-90 daughter after waiting a suitable time for its formation from strontium-90.…”