Nuclear forensics: Searching for nuclear device debris in trinitite-hosted inclusions

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 313-319

  Bellucci, Jeremy J ^a   Simonetti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ analyzes; Nuclear forensics; Scanning electron microscopy; Trinitite

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; BARIUM; COPPER; GALLIUM; GLASS; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; SILICON; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; TRINITITE; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; BACKSCATTER ELECTRON IMAGING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EXPLOSION; IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR DEVICE DEBRIS; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRECIPITATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84862236558     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-012-1654-9     Document Type: Article

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