Cs-Ba separation using N2O as a reactant gas in a Multiple Collector-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer collision-reaction cell: Application to the measurements of Cs isotopes in spent nuclear fuel samples

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1309-1314

  Granet, M ^a   Nonell, A ^a   Favre, G ^a   Chartier, F ^a   Isnard, H ^a   Moureau, J ^a   Caussignac, C ^a   Tran, B ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Ba isobaric interferences; Collision reaction cell; Cs isotopes; MC ICPMS; N2O

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLS; CESIUM; COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; CYTOLOGY; FISSION PRODUCTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; SEPARATION;

BA ISOBARIC INTERFERENCES; COLLISION-REACTION CELL; CS ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER; MC-ICP-MS; MULTIPLE COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY TECHNIQUE;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 56749177093     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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