A new method for the determination of plutonium and americium using high pressure microwave digestion and alpha-spectrometry or ICP-SMS

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-432

  Luisier, Fabienne ^a   Corcho Alvarado, José Antonio ^a   Steinmann, Philipp ^b   Krachler, Michael ^c   Froidevaux, Pascal ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Americium; DGA resin; ICP SMS; Microwaves digestion; Plutonium; TEVA resin

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; AMERICIUM; DGA RESIN; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; PLUTONIUM; RESIN; TEVA RESIN; TRU RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 70349956407     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-009-0004-z     Document Type: Article

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