Fission track-secondary ion mass spectrometry as a tool for detecting the isotopic signature of individual uranium containing particles

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 721, Issue , 2012, Pages 122-128

  Esaka, Fumitaka ^a   Lee, Chi Gyu ^a   Magara, Masaaki ^a   Kimura, Takaumi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fission track; Individual particles; Isotope abundance ratio; SIMS; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND SIGNALS; CUT-OUT; ENRICHED URANIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FISSION TRACK; FISSION TRACK TECHNIQUE; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE ABUNDANCE; ISOTOPE ABUNDANCE RATIO; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM; MASS REGIONS; NAOH SOLUTIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PLASMA ASHING; POLYCARBONATE FILMS; SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; URANIUM ISOTOPE ABUNDANCE;

FISSION REACTIONS; ISOTOPES; POLYCARBONATES; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

URANIUM;

POLYCARBONATE; RADIOISOTOPE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 236; URANIUM 238;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISSION NEUTRON; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84862808952     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.01.045     Document Type: Article

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