Application of a continuous heating method using thermal ionization mass spectrometry to measure isotope ratios of plutonium and uranium in trace amounts of uranium-plutonium mixture sample

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 310, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-56

  Saito Kokubu, Yoko ^a   Suzuki, Daisuke ^a   Lee, Chi Gyu ^a   Inagawa, Jun ^a   Magara, Masaaki ^a   Kimura, Takaumi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous heating method; Isotope ratios; Plutonium; Thermal ionization mass spectrometry; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855216257     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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