Dissolution of aerosol particles collected from nuclear facility plutonium production process
Abstract
Here, a simple, robust analytical chemistry method has been developed to dissolve plutonium containing particles in a complex matrix. The aerosol particles collected on Marple cascade impactor substrates were shown to be dissolved completely with an acid mixture of 12 M HNO3 and 0.1 M HF. A pressurized closed vessel acid digestion technique was utilized to heat the samples at 130 °C for 16 h to facilitate the digestion. The dissolution efficiency for plutonium particles was 99 %. The resulting particle digestate solution was suitable for trace elemental analysis and isotope composition determination, as well as radiochemistry measurements.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1331264
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-24368
Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 307; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; analytical chemistry; aerosol particles; plutonium; trace elements; Marple impactor; radiological safety
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Xu, Ning, Martinez, Alexander, Schappert, Michael Francis, Montoya, Dennis Patrick, Martinez, Patrick Thomas, and Tandon, Lav. Dissolution of aerosol particles collected from nuclear facility plutonium production process. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4365-1.
Xu, Ning, Martinez, Alexander, Schappert, Michael Francis, Montoya, Dennis Patrick, Martinez, Patrick Thomas, & Tandon, Lav. Dissolution of aerosol particles collected from nuclear facility plutonium production process. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4365-1
Xu, Ning, Martinez, Alexander, Schappert, Michael Francis, Montoya, Dennis Patrick, Martinez, Patrick Thomas, and Tandon, Lav. Fri .
"Dissolution of aerosol particles collected from nuclear facility plutonium production process". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4365-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1331264.
@article{osti_1331264,
title = {Dissolution of aerosol particles collected from nuclear facility plutonium production process},
author = {Xu, Ning and Martinez, Alexander and Schappert, Michael Francis and Montoya, Dennis Patrick and Martinez, Patrick Thomas and Tandon, Lav},
abstractNote = {Here, a simple, robust analytical chemistry method has been developed to dissolve plutonium containing particles in a complex matrix. The aerosol particles collected on Marple cascade impactor substrates were shown to be dissolved completely with an acid mixture of 12 M HNO3 and 0.1 M HF. A pressurized closed vessel acid digestion technique was utilized to heat the samples at 130 °C for 16 h to facilitate the digestion. The dissolution efficiency for plutonium particles was 99 %. The resulting particle digestate solution was suitable for trace elemental analysis and isotope composition determination, as well as radiochemistry measurements.},
doi = {10.1007/s10967-015-4365-1},
journal = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry},
number = 3,
volume = 307,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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