Rapid method to determine plutonium, neptunium, americium and curium in granite samples
| Autor: | Brian K. Culligan, Daniel R. McAlister, Jay B. Hutchison, Ralf Sudowe, Sherrod L. Maxwell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Radiation
Materials science Curium 010308 nuclear & particles physics Neptunium Extraction (chemistry) Radiochemistry chemistry.chemical_element Americium Actinide 010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Plutonium chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Sodium hydroxide 0103 physical sciences Sample preparation |
| Zdroj: | Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 140:102-108 |
| ISSN: | 0969-8043 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.06.020 |
| Popis: | A fast method for determination of plutonium, neptunium, americium and curium isotopes in granite has been developed for use following a radiological event. Granite samples are fused with sodium hydroxide to achieve complete dissolution, critical if refractory particles are present. Rapid precipitation steps are utilized to preconcentrate the actinide isotopes and remove sample matrix interferences. Plutonium, neptunium, and americium/curium are separated using innovative extraction chromatography and measured by alpha spectrometry. The sample preparation time is less than four hours. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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