Sequential analysis of uranium and plutonium in environmental matrices by extractive liquid scintillation spectrometry
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Priyanka J. Reddy
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Sanjay D. Dhole
Abstract
A methodology for sequential separation of uranium (U) and plutonium (Pu) followed by their estimation, using extractive liquid scintillation spectrometry was standardized for matrices like soil, fish and sediment. Various parameters for selective and efficient extraction and separation of Pu and U in the presence of interfering matrix elements with HDEHP bis(2-ethylhexy1) phosphoric acid as an extracting agent were investigated. Quenching effect of the various extracting reagents on resolution of α spectrum of analytes and reduction in these interferences is discussed in the current study. Standardized procedure gave about 91% of extraction of spiked Pu into the organic phase. Performance of the method was tested by separating and estimating U and Pu in International Atomic Agency (IAEA) certified reference materials like soil/sediment/fish.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Determination of the stability constants of Pu(VI) carbonate complexes by capillary electrophoresis coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer
- Sequential analysis of uranium and plutonium in environmental matrices by extractive liquid scintillation spectrometry
- A review of the analytical methodology to determine Radium-226 and Radium-228 in drinking waters
- Redox sorption of Ce(III)/Ce(IV) on potassium bismuthate
- Radioiodination, diagnostic nuclear imaging and bioevaluation of olmesartan as a tracer for cardiac imaging
- Synthesis of isotope – labeled selective PDE5 inhibitor sildenafil (UK 92480-10)
- Effect of gamma irradiation on the structure characteristics and mass attenuation coefficient of MgO nanoparticles
- Evaluation of gamma-ray attenuation properties of lithium borate glasses doped with barite, limonite and serpentine
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum to: Uses of alpha particles, especially in nuclear reaction studies and medical radionuclide production
- Corrigendum to: Definitions of radioisotope thick target yields
