Application of lead and strontium isotope ratio measurements for the origin assessment of uranium ore concentrates

Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 8327-8334

  Varga, Zsolt ^a   Wallenius, Maria ^a   Mayer, Klaus ^a   Keegan, Elizabeth ^b   Millet, Sylvain ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; DATA INTERPRETATION; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MC-ICP-MS; MINE SITE; MULTI-COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR FORENSICS; NUCLEAR MATERIAL; ORE CONCENTRATE; ORE MATERIAL; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; SIMULTANEOUS SEPARATION; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION; SR ISOTOPE RATIO; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ORE;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; MINING; ORES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; STRONTIUM; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

LEAD;

LEAD; STRONTIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 70449914882     PISSN: 00032700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ac901100e     Document Type: Article

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