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Title: X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4325399

Four applications of x-ray spectroscopy to rare earth research are discussed. A method was developed for the determination of rare earth elements in fractions obtained from bastnaesite and euxenite ones. Yttrium, thorium, and the fourteen rare earth elements may be analyzed in complex mixtures of various concentrations. A rapid method for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of rare earth elements in ion exchange elutriants was developed. Special techniques were developed for determining trace amounts of rare earths in high-purity rare earth oxides produced by ion exchange and by liquid-liquid extraction. A method was developed for quautitative determination of impurities in cerium metal. (W.D.M.)

Research Organization:
Bureau of Mines. Rare and Precious Metals Experiment Station, Reno, Nev.
NSA Number:
NSA-12-015171
OSTI ID:
4325399
Report Number(s):
A/CONF.15/P/1425
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Prepared for the Second U.N. International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1958. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English