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THE USE OF ANION EXCHANGE IN THE SPECTROGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF IMPURITIES IN PLUTONIUM

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4294105· OSTI ID:4294105
Impurity concentrations of aluminum, calcium, chromium, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, and zinc in plutonium were determined by an anion exchangespectrographic method. Plutonium was separated by adsorption of the nitrate complex on Dowex 1. The impurities were determined in the effluent by DC arc excitation with cobalt as the internal standard. Concentrations as low as two pants of impurity per million pants of plutonium (ppm) in 50 mg samples were determined with a precision of plus or minus 12% (95% C. L. for a single measurement). ( auth)
Research Organization:
General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash.
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-52
NSA Number:
NSA-13-002706
OSTI ID:
4294105
Report Number(s):
HW-57873
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English