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Title: Spectrophotometric determination of plutonium with chlorophosphonazo III in n-pentanol

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5412739· OSTI ID:5412739

Microgram amounts of plutonium are measured spectrophotometrically as the plutonium-chlorophosphonazo III complex after extraction into n-pentanol from 1.5 M HCl. The relative standard deviation is 1.5% for the range of 2.5 to 17.5 ..mu..g. The tolerance is excellent for many metals and nonmetals present in nuclear fuel-cycle materials. A preceding anion-exchange-column separation increases tolerance for certain metals and nonmetals.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5412739
Report Number(s):
LA-9172; ON: DE82009731; TRN: 82-011670
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English