The Determination of Impurities in Plutonium Metal by Anion Exchange and ICP/AES
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Applied Spectroscopy
- Vol. 43 (2) , 223-226
- https://doi.org/10.1366/0003702894203318
Abstract
The determination of trace-metal impurities in plutonium metal was investigated with the use of anion exchange separation and analysis by inductively coupled plasma/atomic emission spectrometry. Data on recoveries and independent measurements for some 30 elements show precisions and accuracies in the 1–10% range, values that are a significant improvement over those of traditional carrier distillation techniques. Americium can be determined on the same sample aliquot, with figures of merit rivaling those of nuclear counting procedures.Keywords
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