Isotopic fractionation studies of uranium and plutonium using porous ion emitters as thermal ionization mass spectrometry sources

Baruzzini, Matthew L.; Hall, Howard L.; Spencer, Khalil J.; Stanley, Floyd E.

doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2018.04.004

Title: Isotopic fractionation studies of uranium and plutonium using porous ion emitters as thermal ionization mass spectrometry sources

Journal Article · Sun Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2018.04.004· OSTI ID:1435524

Baruzzini, Matthew L. ^[1]; Hall, Howard L. ^[2]; Spencer, Khalil J. ^[1]; Stanley, Floyd E. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering

Investigations of the isotope fractionation behaviors of plutonium and uranium reference standards were conducted employing platinum and rhenium (Pt/Re) porous ion emitter (PIE) sources, a relatively new thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) ion source strategy. The suitability of commonly employed, empirically developed mass bias correction laws (i.e., the Linear, Power, and Russell's laws) for correcting such isotope ratio data was also determined. Corrected plutonium isotope ratio data, regardless of mass bias correction strategy, were statistically identical to that of the certificate, however, the process of isotope fractionation behavior of plutonium using the adopted experimental conditions was determined to be best described by the Power law. Finally, the fractionation behavior of uranium, using the analytical conditions described herein, is also most suitably modeled using the Power law, though Russell's and the Linear law for mass bias correction rendered results that were identical, within uncertainty, to the certificate value.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; LANL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; 2012-DN-130-NF0001-02

OSTI ID:: 1435524

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-29068

Journal Information:: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 430; ISSN 1387-3806

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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