Measurement of uranium isotope ratios in solid samples using laser ablation and diode laser-excited atomic fluorescence spectrometry

Spectrochimica acta, Part B: Atomic spectroscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 943-958

  Smith, B W ^a   Quentmeier, A ^a   Bolshov, M ^a   Niemax, K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; URANIUM;

DIODE LASER SPECTROMETRY; LASER EXCITED FLUORESCENCE; URANIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS;

SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0032666812     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(99)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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