期刊
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
卷 688, 期 1, 页码 1-7出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2010.12.003
关键词
Uranium; Isotope ratio; Individual particles; TIMS; SEM; Nuclear safeguards
A method is described that allows measuring the isotopic composition of small uranium oxide particles (less than 1 mu m in diameter) for nuclear safeguards purposes. In support to the development of reliable tools for the identification of uranium and plutonium signatures in trace amounts of nuclear materials, improvements in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) in combination with filament carburization and multiple ion counting (MIC) detection were investigated. The method that has been set up enables the analysis of single particles by a combination of analytical tools, thus yielding morphological, elemental and isotopic information. Hereby individual particles of certified reference materials (CRMs) containing uranium at femtogram levels were analysed. The results showed that the combination of techniques proposed in this work is suitable for the accurate determination of uranium isotope ratios in single particles with improved capabilities for the minor abundant isotopes. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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