Assessment of methods for analyzing gaseous mixtures of hydrogen isotopes and helium

Technical Report · Wed Oct 20 04:00:00 EDT 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7249071· OSTI ID:7249071

Attalla, A.; Bishop, C. T.; Bohl, D. R.; Buxton, T. L.; Sprague, R. E.; Warner, D. K.

Mass spectrographic methods have served well in the past to analyze gaseous mixtures of the hydrogen isotopes. Alternate methods of analyses are reviewed which offer wider ranges and variety of isotopic determinations. This report describes possible improvements of the mass spectrographic determinations, gas chromatography, anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy, microwave-induced optical emission spectroscopy, and methods of measuring tritium using radiation detection devices. Precision, accuracy, limitations, and costs are included for some of the methods mentioned. Costs range from $70,000 for the anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy equipment, which can determine hydrogen isotopes but not helium, to less than $10,000 for the gas chromatographic equipment, which can determine hydrogen isotopes and helium with precision and accuracy comparable to those of the mass spectrometer.

• Research Organization: Mound Lab., Miamisburg, Ohio (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0053
• OSTI ID: 7249071
• Report Number(s): MLM-2376
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACCURACY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DEUTERIDES
DEUTERIUM
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
FLUIDS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
HELIUM
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN DEUTERIDE
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
HYDROGEN TRITIDE
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOMETRIC ANALYSIS
RARE GASES
SENSITIVITY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTROSCOPY
STABLE ISOTOPES
TRITIUM
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES