AN EXTERNAL BEAM TECHNIQUE OF PIXE FOR URANIUM DETERMINATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTS

Autor: I.L. Rolik, V.V. Kuzmenko, V.V. Levenets, O.P. Omelnik, A.O. Shchur
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Problems of Atomic Science and Technology. :186-190
DOI: 10.46813/2019-123-186
Popis: The possibilities of the determination of the content of uranium in materials of the nuclear fuel cycle and environmental objects using the nuclear-physical methods of analysis based on registration of characteristic X-rays excited by protons (PIXE) are considered. It is shown that the introduction to X-ray emission spectrometer the element with a wave dispersion – a pyrocarbon filter, using Bragg-Wulf reflection from the planes of the crystal lattice, makes it possible to reduce the detection limit of uranium in the presence of interfering impurities to a value of 0.0005 mas.%. The proposed approach can be used to determine Th, Pu, and other actinides.
Databáze: OpenAIRE