Femtosecond laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of silver within surrogate high temperature gas reactor fuel coated particles

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 918-926

  Roberts, D E ^a   Du Plessis, A ^a,b   Steyn, J ^a   Botha, L R ^a,b   Strydom, C A ^c   Van Rooyen, I J ^d  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Pty Limited   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Femto LIBS; Silicon carbide; Silver; TRISO fuel coated particles; Uranium dioxide; Zirconium oxide

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CHEMICAL VAPOURS; COATED PARTICLES; DEPTH RESOLUTION; ENRICHED URANIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMTO-LIBS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FUEL PARTICLES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS REACTOR FUELS; METALLIC SILVER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRISO FUEL COATED PARTICLES; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATING TECHNIQUES; FISSION PRODUCTS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTORS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PEBBLE BED MODULAR REACTORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SILICON CARBIDE; SILVER; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; URANIUM; URANIUM CARBIDE; URANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM;

COATED FUEL PARTICLES;

EID: 78149359657     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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