Analysis of plutonium oxide surrogate residue using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 968-974

  Zheng, Hongbo ^a   Yueh, Fang Yu ^b   Miller, Tracy ^b   Singh, Jagdish P ^b   Zeigler, Kristine E ^c   Marra, James C ^c  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass batch analysis; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; Plutonium oxide surrogate; Powder and pellet sample

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; LASER DAMAGE; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; GLASS BATCH ANALYSIS; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; PLUTONIUM OXIDE SURROGATE; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; POWDER AND PELLET SAMPLE;

SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 50149089813     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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