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Title: Selective Ultratrace Analysis of Ca41 by Laser Resonance Ionization

Journal Article · · Hyperfine Interactions

A compact resonance ionization mass spectrometer is presented. It is presently applied for sensitive and highly selective ultratrace detemination of the long-lived radioisotope 41Ca for environmental, biological, and fundamental investigations. The development of coherent multistep resonance ionization enables the realization of experimental detection limits as low as 6 10 atoms per sample and very high isotopic selectivity above 12 10.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
944802
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-34200; KC0302020; TRN: US0900587
Journal Information:
Hyperfine Interactions, Vol. 127, Issue 1/4; ISSN 0304-3843
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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