Evolution of chemical species during electrodeposition of uranium for alpha spectrometry by the Hallstadius method

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1559-1569

  Beesley, A M ^a   Crespo, M T ^b   Weiher, N ^a   Tsapatsaris, N ^a   Cozar J S ^b   Esparza, H ^c   Mendez C G ^c   Hill, P ^a   Schroeder, S L M ^a,d   Montero Cabrera, M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Electrodeposition; EXAFS; Oxidation states; SEM EDX; Source preparation; Uranium; XANES; XPS

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS; X RAY ABSORPTION;

ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; EXAFS; OXIDATION STATE; SEM-EDX; SOURCE PREPARATION; XANES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROXYL GROUP; PLATINUM; URANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67349118392     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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