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Table T8. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, 2003) recommended energy windows for K, U, and Th gamma ray spectrometry.

Window
Nuclide
(photo peak, MeV)
Energy range
(keV)
IODP total count window   100–3000
IAEA total count window   400–2810
Potassium 40K (1.460) 1370–1570
Uranium 214Bi (1.765) 1660–1860
Thorium 208Tl (2.614) 2410–2810

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