Production and characterization of monodisperse plutonium, uranium, and mixed uranium-plutonium particles for nuclear safeguard applications

Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4055-4062

  Ranebo, Y ^a,b   Niagolova, N ^a   Erdmann, N ^a   Eriksson, M ^c   Tamborini, G ^a   Betti, M ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c IAEA MEL   (Monaco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; AEROSOL GENERATORS; ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FURNACE SYSTEMS; HYDRIDE IONS; INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES; INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS RESOLUTION; MICRO-PARTICLES; MONODISPERSE; MONODISPERSED PARTICLES; NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES; NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION; NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; PARTICLE MASS; POLYATOMIC INTERFERENCES; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY FACTOR; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETERS; SPUTTERING TIME; STARTING MATERIALS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ISOTOPES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPUTTERING; URANIUM;

PLUTONIUM;

EID: 77952507171     PISSN: 00032700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ac9029295     Document Type: Article

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