Measurement of the isotopic composition of uranium micrometer-size particles by femtosecond laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-60

  Hubert, Amélie ^a   Claverie, Fanny ^b,c   Pécheyran, Christophe ^b   Pointurier, Fabien ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UMR 5254   (France)

^c Novalase SA   (France)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser ablation; Fission tracks; ICP MS; Uranium particles

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISSION TRACK; ICP-MS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER; SECONDARY IONIZATION; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; URANIUM PARTICLES;

ABLATION; FISSION REACTIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MICROMETERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

URANIUM;

EID: 84896891025     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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