Synthesis and characterization of surrogate nuclear explosion debris: urban glass matrix

Campbell, Keri; Judge, Elizabeth J.; Dirmyer, Matthew R.; Kelly, Dan; Czerwinski, Ken

doi:10.1007/s10967-017-5367-y

Title: Synthesis and characterization of surrogate nuclear explosion debris: urban glass matrix

Journal Article · Wed Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5367-y· OSTI ID:1398921

^[1]; Judge, Elizabeth J. ^[1]; Dirmyer, Matthew R. ^[1]; Kelly, Dan ^[1]; Czerwinski, Ken ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)

Surrogate nuclear explosive debris was synthesized and characterized for major, minor, and trace elemental composition as well as uranium isotopics. The samples consisted of an urban glass matrix, equal masses soda lime and cement, doped with 500 ppm uranium with varying enrichments. The surface and cross section morphology were measured with SEM, and the major elemental composition was determined by XPS. LA-ICP-MS was used to measure the uranium isotopic abundance comparing different sampling techniques. Furthermore, the results provide an example of the utility of LA-ICP-MS for forensics applications.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1398921

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-22766

Journal Information:: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 314, Issue 1; ISSN 0236-5731

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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