Quantitative ion-exchange separation of plutonium from impurities

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6230970

Pietri, C E; Freeman, B P; Weiss, J R

The methods used at the New Brunswick Laboratory for the quantitative ion exchange separation of plutonium from impurities prior to plutonium assay are described. Other ion exchange separation procedures for impurity determination and for isotopic abundance measurements are given. The primary technique used consists of sorption of plutonium(IV) in 8N HNO/sub 3/ on Dowex-1 anion exchange resin and elution of the purified plutonium with 0.3N HCl-0.01N HF. Other methods consist of the anion exchange separation of plutonium(IV) in 12N HCl and the cation exchange separation of plutonium(III) in 0.2 N HNO/sub 3/. The application of these procedures to the subsequent assay of plutonium, isotopic analysis, and impurity determination is described.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Argonne, IL (USA). New Brunswick Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6230970
• Report Number(s): NBL-298; ON: DE82000819; TRN: 81-017327
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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