Age determination of single plutonium particles after chemical separation

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-98

  Shinonaga, T ^a   Donohue, D ^a   Ciurapinski, A ^a   Klose, D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Particle, Age; Plutonium; TIMS; WDX

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDE MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; STANDARDS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

A CARBONS; ACID SOLUTIONS; AGE DETERMINATIONS; AVERAGE SIZES; CHEMICAL SEPARATIONS; ELEMENTAL RATIOS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTIES; PARTICLE, AGE; QUARTZ TUBES; RADIOACTIVE DECAYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS; TIMS; WASHINGTON; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE; WDX;

PLUTONIUM;

EID: 58149191219     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.10.044     Document Type: Article

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