Dissolution of sintered thorium dioxide in phosphoric acid using autoclave and microwave methods with detection by gamma spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-27

  Mirashi, N N ^a   Chaudhury, Satyajeet ^a   Aggarwal, S K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Autoclave dissolution; Micro wave dissolution; Nuclear materials; Sintered thoria dissolution; Thoria microsphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450222731     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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