Recent developments in resonance ionization mass spectrometry for ultra-trace analysis of actinide elements
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Sebastian Raeder
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Nina Kneip
Abstract
Resonance ionization mass spectrometry is an efficient tool to detect minute amounts of long-lived radio-isotopes in environmental samples. Applying resonant excitation and ionization with pulsed laser radiation within a hot cavity atomizer enables the sensitive detection and precise quantification of long-lived actinide isotopes. Due to the inherently element selective ionization process, this method ensures ultimate suppression of contaminations from other elements and molecules. The characterization of in-source resonance ionization of the actinide elements U, Th, Np, and Am using a compact quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS) setup are discussed.
Dedicated to the memory of Professor Günter Herrmann.
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Award Identifier / Grant number: 05P12UMCIA
Funding statement: This work was supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, Germany) under the consecutive projects 05P12UMCIA, Funder Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 and 05P15UMCIA, Funder Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 as well as by the project 02NUK044B, Funder Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347. Additional funds were provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the framework of the interdisciplinary research training group GRK 826, Funder Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 “Spurenanalytik von Elementspezies: Methodenentwicklungen und Anwendungen”.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Günter Herrmann (1925–2017): A tribute to his research and organizational achievements
- The research reactor TRIGA Mainz – a strong and versatile neutron source for science and education
- Copper-catalyzed click reactions: quantification of retained copper using 64Cu-spiked Cu(I), exemplified for CuAAC reactions on liposomes
- Reactions of fission products from a 252Cf source with NO and mixtures of NO and CO in an inert gas
- From SRAFAP to ARCA and AIDA – developments and implementation of automated aqueous-phase rapid chemistry apparatuses for heavy actinides and transactinides
- Production and study of chemical properties of superheavy elements
- Precise ground state properties of the heaviest elements for studies of their atomic and nuclear structure
- Modeling the sorption of Np(V) on Na-montmorillonite – effects of pH, ionic strength and CO2
- Determination of complex formation constants of neptunium(V) with propionate and lactate in 0.5–2.6 m NaCl solutions at 22–60°C using a solvent extraction technique
- Nuclear forensics on uranium fuel pellets
- Recent developments in resonance ionization mass spectrometry for ultra-trace analysis of actinide elements
- Measurement of the laser resonance ionization efficiency for lutetium
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Günter Herrmann (1925–2017): A tribute to his research and organizational achievements
- The research reactor TRIGA Mainz – a strong and versatile neutron source for science and education
- Copper-catalyzed click reactions: quantification of retained copper using 64Cu-spiked Cu(I), exemplified for CuAAC reactions on liposomes
- Reactions of fission products from a 252Cf source with NO and mixtures of NO and CO in an inert gas
- From SRAFAP to ARCA and AIDA – developments and implementation of automated aqueous-phase rapid chemistry apparatuses for heavy actinides and transactinides
- Production and study of chemical properties of superheavy elements
- Precise ground state properties of the heaviest elements for studies of their atomic and nuclear structure
- Modeling the sorption of Np(V) on Na-montmorillonite – effects of pH, ionic strength and CO2
- Determination of complex formation constants of neptunium(V) with propionate and lactate in 0.5–2.6 m NaCl solutions at 22–60°C using a solvent extraction technique
- Nuclear forensics on uranium fuel pellets
- Recent developments in resonance ionization mass spectrometry for ultra-trace analysis of actinide elements
- Measurement of the laser resonance ionization efficiency for lutetium
