Quantification of Zr in simulated dissolver solution of U–Zr fuel by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
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Ujjwal Kumar Maity
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Namitha Janardhanan
Abstract
Estimation of Zr in fresh and irradiated metal alloy fuel is important. The homogeneous dissolver solution represents the fuel composition better compared to a highly heterogeneous solid pellet. The present study employs LIBS to determine Zr in the simulated dissolver solution. Four different compositions of U–Zr samples where the Zr/U ratio varies from 0.04 to 0.18 % are analyzed by LIBS with an in-house designed liquid sample cell. A good correlation coefficient is achieved for the measurements in the calibration plot. The results for identifying non-overlapping peaks, calibration plot, precision, deviation, and detection limit are discussed in detail. Two set of solid samples, an oxide pellet and metal alloy with similar Zr/U composition, are also analyzed by LIBS. The results obtained from these three set of samples are inter-compared, and the reason for getting a better Zr/U intensity ratio for a dried coating of sample on aluminium for a given composition is explained.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission. Ujjwal Kumar Maity – conceptualize, experiment, data analysis, manuscript writing, editing; Namitha Janardhanan – experiment, data analysis, manuscript writing, editing; Manoravi Periasamy – original idea, manuscript editing.
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Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.
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