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Title: Effects of urban debris material on the extraction chromatographic separation of strontium—part I: steel

Abstract

An incident involving a radiation dispersal device (RDD) would most likely occur in an urban or metropolitan area. However, the majority of radiochemical separation schemes available have been developed for environmental samples that are not necessarily representative of those found in an urban environment. 90Sr is one of the possible radioisotopes that could be used in an RDD. It is therefore important to find efficient and accurate ways to separate it from debris in the area of deployment. Finally, this research demonstrates that the presence of steel in dissolved samples shows no appreciable interference with extraction chromatographic separations. Instead, it indicates that the separation could actually be improved by the presence of the steel constituents.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
  3. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS); USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1425284
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; 2012-DN-130-NF0001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 314; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0236-5731
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Extraction Chromatography; RDD; Steel; Strontium; interference effects; quantification

Citation Formats

McLain, Derek R., Amato, Victoria, and Sudowe, Ralf. Effects of urban debris material on the extraction chromatographic separation of strontium—part I: steel. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1007/s10967-017-5599-x.
McLain, Derek R., Amato, Victoria, & Sudowe, Ralf. Effects of urban debris material on the extraction chromatographic separation of strontium—part I: steel. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5599-x
McLain, Derek R., Amato, Victoria, and Sudowe, Ralf. Tue . "Effects of urban debris material on the extraction chromatographic separation of strontium—part I: steel". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5599-x. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1425284.
@article{osti_1425284,
title = {Effects of urban debris material on the extraction chromatographic separation of strontium—part I: steel},
author = {McLain, Derek R. and Amato, Victoria and Sudowe, Ralf},
abstractNote = {An incident involving a radiation dispersal device (RDD) would most likely occur in an urban or metropolitan area. However, the majority of radiochemical separation schemes available have been developed for environmental samples that are not necessarily representative of those found in an urban environment. 90Sr is one of the possible radioisotopes that could be used in an RDD. It is therefore important to find efficient and accurate ways to separate it from debris in the area of deployment. Finally, this research demonstrates that the presence of steel in dissolved samples shows no appreciable interference with extraction chromatographic separations. Instead, it indicates that the separation could actually be improved by the presence of the steel constituents.},
doi = {10.1007/s10967-017-5599-x},
journal = {Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry},
number = 3,
volume = 314,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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