Identification of the chemical forms of uranium compounds in micrometer-size particles by means of micro-Raman spectrometry and scanning electron microscope

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 797-804

  Pointurier, F ^a   Marie, O ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Micro Raman spectrometry; Micrometer size particle; Safeguard; SEM EDX; Uranium oxide

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; AUTOMATED DETECTION; CHEMICAL FORMS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; EXCITATION SOURCES; GEOMETRIC CALCULATIONS; LASER POWER; MICRO-RAMAN; MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RAMAN ANALYSIS; RAMAN BANDS; SAFEGUARD; SAMPLE HOLDERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEM; SEM-EDX; SIZE RANGES; URANIUM OXIDE; URANIUM PARTICLES;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; LASER EXCITATION; MICROMETERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

URANIUM;

EID: 77957121007     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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