Determination of low atomic number elements at trace levels in uranium matrix using vacuum chamber total reflection X-ray fluorescence

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 457-460

  Misra, N L ^a   Dhara, Sangita ^a   Ovari M ^b   Zaray Gy ^b   Aggarwal, S K ^a   Varga, Imre ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Low Z elements; Solvent extraction; Uranium; Vacuum chamber total reflection x ray

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; MAGNESIUM; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

ATOMIC NUMBER ELEMENTS; EXCITATION SOURCES; INTERNAL STANDARDS; LOW Z-ELEMENTS; TOTAL REFLECTION; TOTAL REFLECTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; TRI-N-BUTYL PHOSPHATE;

URANIUM;

EID: 77955268968     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2010.02.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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