ACCURATE NUCLEAR FUEL BURNUP ANALYSES. Third Quarterly Progress Report. June-August 1962

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:4771335

Rider, B F

Irradiati on programs were begun in MTR and VBWR to produce irradiated foils for relative fission yield and cross-section determinations. An ion exchange separation procedure for neodymium involving preferential adsorption on Dowex-1 from lithium nitrate solution is being investigated. A solvent extracti on procedure for neodymium with di(2-ethyl hexyl) phosphoric acid is also being studied. In the mass spectrometry of neodymium it was found that rhenium filaments coated with carbon by heating in a butene atmosphere would reduce neodymium to the metal and prevent the formation of the less desirable NdO/sup +/ ion in favor of the Nd/sup +/ ion. (M.C.G.)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co. Vallecitos Atomic Lab., San Jose, Calif.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-004460
• OSTI ID: 4771335
• Report Number(s): GEAP-4082
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ADSORPTION
BUTYLENE
CARBON
CHEMISTRY
COATING
CROSS SECTIONS
DOWEX
FISSION
FOILS
HEATING
ION EXCHANGE
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
IRRADIATION
MASS SPECTROMETERS
NEODYMIUM
PHOSPHORIC ACID
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
REDUCTION
RHENIUM
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
WIRES