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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Xu, Ning
• Chamberlin, Rebecca M.
• Thompson, Pam
• Kaye, Philip

Titel

Integrated approaches for reducing sample size for measurements of trace elemental impurities in plutonium by ICP-OES and ICP-MS

Ist Teil von

• Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 2017-12, Vol.314 (3), p.1577-1585

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study has demonstrated that bulk plutonium chemical analysis can be performed at small scales (< 50 mg material) through three case studies. Analytical methods were developed for ICP-OES and ICP-MS instruments to measure trace impurities and gallium content in plutonium metals with comparable or improved detection limits, measurement accuracy and precision. In two case studies, the sample size has been reduced by 10×, and in the third case study, by as much as 5000×, so that the plutonium chemical analysis can be performed in a facility rated for lower-hazard and lower-security operations.