Optimization of a dried residue specimen preparation method for quantifying analytes in plutonium metal using WDXRF

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Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-155

  Worley, Christopher G ^a   Colletti, Lisa P ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dried residue; Plutonium; Thin film; WDXRF

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; DRIED RESIDUE; PLUTONIUM METAL; RADIOACTIVE LIQUIDS; SAMPLE ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN PREPARATION METHOD; WDXRF;

GALLIUM; PLUTONIUM; POLYIMIDES; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; THIN FILMS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 34249903859     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1154/1.2737463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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