Direct uranium isotope ratio analysis of single micrometer-sized glass particles

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-15

  Kappel, Stefanie ^a   Boulyga, Sergei F ^b   Prohaska, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Multi collector ICP MS; Nuclear forensics; Nuclear safeguards; Particle analysis; Uranium isotope ratio analysis

Indexed keywords

MULTI-COLLECTOR; NUCLEAR FORENSICS; NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS; PARTICLE ANALYSIS; URANIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS;

DATA PROCESSING; GLASS; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ISOTOPES;

ARGON; GLASS; HELIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LASER METHOD; STANDARD (REFERENCE); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENT; GAS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LASER SURGERY;

GLASS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; URANIUM;

EID: 84860996707     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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